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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 “las” 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.

48 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
las3728147(None) 
aas310975391aas
alas46358121alas
als36663021als
as211083071_as
bas58681751bas
fas68262931fas
gas48870251gas
has67372651has
kas77058581kas
la219261631la_
lab58864781lab
labs67145121labs
lac510155821lac
lacs66942481lacs
lad48165701lad
lads56549131lads
lag47862121lag
lags56546221lags
lam57666711lam
lams66552261lams
lap58565271lap
laps66848871laps
lar37967531lar
lars46956571lars
lase46148511lase
lash76539651lash
lass47444541lass
last46260321last
lat37593401lat
lats45962701lats
lav66847341lav
lavs76734151lavs
law68656641law
laws76441681laws
lax107651521lax
lay68865351lay
lays76043251lays
leas45954181leas
les35663071les
lis37162271lis
mas58175821mas
pas58775741pas
ras37575391ras
tas38477101tas
vas67755771vas
was68767561was
zas126946831zas

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 Filter17869151460.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit5146480.09355333.3
3Display Results48480.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691480.359497746.5
 
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