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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 “lae” 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.

39 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
ae212590291_ae
alae45643751alae
ale36572341ale
blae66134641blae
gae46457701gae
hae67364001hae
kae76744541kae
la219261631la_
lab58864781lab
lac510155821lac
lace66848471lace
lad48165701lad
lade56345981lade
lag47862121lag
lake85741601lake
lam57666711lam
lame66849291lame
lane45153321lane
lap58565271lap
lar37967531lar
las37281471las
lase46148511lase
lat37593401lat
late47560481late
lav66847341lav
lave75642141lave
law68656641law
lax107651521lax
lay68865351lay
laze136235051laze
lea37660181lea
lee36068141lee
lie38264521lie
lye66533411lye
mae57659101mae
nae35952741nae
sae38365181sae
tae38267051tae
wae67556951wae

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 Filter17869151460.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit5146390.23322085.8
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691390.359497746.5
 
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