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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 “idyl” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(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.

41 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
idyl8591230(None) 
idly85617321idly
idol56818631idol
idyll9436711idyll
idyls9498801idyls
odyl84111461odyl
acyl95314292acyl
amyl95515102amyl
aryl75922342aryl
dal47554952_dal
del46752752_del
dial55935062dial
didy99121512didy_
diel59034602diel
dill55239972dill
diol57329132diol
dirl57430022dirl
dol47150652_dol
dye75334842_dye
icy86322122icy_
id38941842id__
idea59122772idea
ideal65716392ideal
idem76121062idem
ides57734232ides
idle55423762idle
idols65514132idols
ids47535472id_s
idylls10425252idylls
ill37437092i_ll
illy76925332illy
indol63714872indol
inly75622212inly
ivy96317442ivy_
nidal65217102nidal
odyle9349592odyle
odyls9428652odyls
sibyl1037112sibyl
tidal64516442tidal
tidy86822422tidy_
vinyl115311622vinyl

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit29872410.87634100.5
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691411.156154577.0
 
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