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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 “led” 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.

36 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
led4625456(None) 
bed67950631bed
bled75729311bled
ed38645191_ed
eld46733801eld
fed76548361fed
fled85429771fled
ged57044541ged
gled65631141gled
lad48165711lad
lea37660181lea
lead56038851lead
lee36068141lee
leg46446111leg
lei36846381lei
lek75640301lek
lend56233671lend
les35663071les
let36481471let
leu36047401leu
leud57223421leud
lev66139421lev
lewd85716591lewd
lex107943821lex
ley66246811ley
lez125541311lez
lid47453531lid
lied55838101lied
med66146751med
ped66751531ped
pled75231431pled
red46755811red
sled55334371sled
ted46446571ted
wed75843631wed
zed135431181zed

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 Limit5146360.07667710.5
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691360.309578288.0
 
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