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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 “pie” 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.

30 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
pie5545741(None) 
die46759661die
fie67152451fie
gie47149551gie
hie67652711hie
lie38264531lie
pe47649031p_e
pee56066511pee
pi48145371pi_
pia56848041pia
pic76046831pic
pice84641101pice
pied75035371pied
pier66035301pier
pies66949611pies
pig65744981pig
pike106335221pike
pile65649701pile
pin57066731pin
pine67755721pine
pip78051051pip
pipe86434441pipe
pis56362041pis
pit56471931pit
piu56639551piu
pix126437941pix
plie65127391plie
pye86432501pye
tie36557541tie
vie65447641vie

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 Filter17869151460.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit5146300.10648547.2
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691300.356501941.0
 
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