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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 “fin” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
fin6645804(None) 
ain37579101ain
bin56658651bin
din46459471din
fain75840561fain
fan67158861fan
fen66851351fen
fib86344281fib
fid76847701fid
fie67152451fie
fig76242841fig
fil65447151fil
find87532611find
fine75147961fine
fink117532131fink
fino76034701fino
fins75849101fins
fir66744901fir
firn76927511firn
fit66365461fit
fix136236111fix
fiz156238771fiz
foin77231561foin
fon66352271fon
fun66841141fun
gin46055761gin
hin67559571hin
in28150871_in
jin106443941jin
kin76353981kin
lin37967381lin
pin57066731pin
rin36663191rin
sin36265901sin
tin36362181tin
win66456301win
yin67648741yin
zin125643781zin

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit5146380.09355333.3
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691380.326548131.9
 
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