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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ciao” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

112 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ciao6492418(None) 
chao95727311chao
chiao105618361chiao
jiao115017841jiao
bias64738162bias
bio57846082bi_o
biro66131212biro
cab78355402c_ab
cacao95420002cacao
cad67456362c_ad
caid77837532caid
cain65643912cain
calo64936442calo
cam78058982c_am
camo85731752camo
can57760142c_an
cap76758982c_ap
capo85829212capo
car59165562c_ar
cat58282342c_at
caw86647932c_aw
cay87155982c_ay
cero66329452cero
chad105525502chad
chai95929902chai
cham115532312cham
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492chap
char95132152char
chat95546132chat
chaw126224632chaw
chay124924872chay
chia96026622chia_
chias104625522chias
chico124218252chico
chino105823312chino
chiro105320342chiro
cibol9512022cibol
cig67036182ci_g
cigar8911802cigar
cigs75625102cigs
cine66242942cine
cion613330912cion
cire65836372cire
cis57748032ci_s
cisco95112132cisco
cist67244962cist
cite65640342cite
city95122622city
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
claro75018692claro
claw95624342claw
clay95927412clay
coal66939252coal
coat67558352coat
coax136922982coax
coco87330602coco
coho97524492coho
coo59566362c_oo
crab85727672crab
crag75625302crag
cram85635492cram
crap85731842crap
craw97725262craw
cyan96419622cyan
cyano105512492cyano
czar156013132czar
dial55935062dial
diazo15310032diazo
dido66528202dido
dino56036752dino
fiar76427332fiar
fiat76646642fiat
fico95824592fico
fido87726402fido
filo76034282filo
fino76034692fino
giro55828632giro
hao67251122_hao
kilo86028672kilo
kino86233622kino
liar47229682liar
lido56028162lido
lilo46731562lilo
limo65529732limo
lino46343372lino
miaou7513082miaou
miaow1058352miaow
milo65536102milo
miso67229902miso
pia56848032pia_
pial65636702pial
pian66136092pian
piano76118712piano
pias66542552pias
piso66727562piso
prao66229022prao
ria36745502ria_
rial45938092rial
rias45540592rias
sial45938832sial
silo46037912silo
tao38358952_tao
tiro46832362tiro
via65636242via_
vial76731092vial
vino76128432vino
wino75933612wino

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298721120.87334217.6
3Display Results1121120.0333393.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911121.172152466.7
 
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