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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 “waif” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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186 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
waif10583675(None) 
kaif116933931kaif
naif76839021naif
waff134228041waff
waifs115719871waifs
wail75238821wail
wain75840201wain
wair75830051wair
wait75553691wait
aff95537612_aff
ai211288392_ai_
aid49269082_aid
ail37171042_ail
aim57858212_aim
ain37579092_ain
air38058392_air
ais39083572_ais
ait38093902_ait
alif76242142alif
arf67453372_arf
await85524492await
baff124632272baff
bail65042802bail
bait66556002bait
barf95844412barf
caff125631672caff
caid77837532caid
cain65643912cain
calf96339562calf
calif104929102calif
coif96337912coif
cuif96529142cuif
daff115229682daff
dais57040702dais
dif76846902_dif
dwarf126015242dwarf
fail74840242fail
fain75840562fain
fair76332522fair
gaff114828152gaff
gain56042162gain
gait56150192gait
haaf106227732haaf
haik115526982haik
hail74839062hail
hair76330142hair
half106238452half
if57239952__if
jail115529092jail
kaf106845512ka_f
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail
kain85334292kain
kalif125021362kalif
kif105941192_kif
laic65931562laic
laid56439142laid
lain46146282lain
lair45934152lair
maid75537662maid
mail65543452mail
maim85831492maim
main65345522main
mair66133782mair
naff105128932naff
naifs87617422naifs
nail45838652nail
neif75429492neif
oaf65952882oa_f
paid75737482paid
paik105726802paik
pail66141832pail
pain65647242pain
pair66031512pair
qaid146023842qaid
raff104933042raff
rai37658222rai_
raia46638382raia
raid55243072raid
rail46147762rail
rain46251732rain
rais45252622rais
reif76937652reif
rif65951562_rif
said55742112said
sail45447162sail
sain45551292sain
seif75638732seif
swail86217162swail
swain84919052swain
swarf115324652swarf
tail45443652tail
tain45548072tain
twain86313622twain
vail75432552vail
vain75233002vain
vair75624142vair
wab87051832wa_b
wabs97337232wabs
wack135330912wack
wad77053892wa_d
wade85237062wade
wadi86228172wadi
wadis95223962wadis
wads87343142wads
wady115324992wady
wae67556952wa_e
waes76048602waes
waffs146315472waffs
waft106139002waft
wag76451752wa_g
wage84834082wage
wags86140552wags
waifed134011032waifed
wails86631482wails
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waist86132382waist
waits88333522waits
waive114214602waive
wake114935702wake
wale74546432wale
walk115625612walk
wall76236102wall
waly105830902waly
wame95035482wame
wan66761942wa_n
wand85833882wand
wane76344722wane
wank115632512wank
wans76452272wans
want76156172want
wany106432362wany
wap86553372wa_p
waps96642082waps
war67262422wa_r
ward86542252ward
ware76254722ware
wark115737772wark
warm95935672warm
warn75239322warn
warp95635002warp
wars78659802wars
wart77866082wart
wary106740012wary
was68767562wa_s
wash106033812wash
wasp95626852wasp
wast75655852wast
wat67378922wa_t
wats77555882wats
watt75545412watt
wauk115220592wauk
waul76927312waul
waur76819902waur
wave105234732wave
wavy136620472wavy
waw97046382wa_w
wawl105321942wawl
waws106834902waws
wax137041182wa_x
waxy175918202waxy
way96757662wa_y
ways107737952ways
weir76019922weir
wharf14315822wharf
whid115418872whid
whiff17310062whiff
whig115516422whig
whim126220532whim
whin105225692whin
whip125521842whip
whir105519282whir
whit104834172whit
whiz195919942whiz
wife105228022w_ife
wig76740382w_ig
win66456292w_in
wis66552332w_is
wit66563772w_it
wiz156434152w_iz
wolf105729562wolf
woof106532422woof
writ75537912writ
yaff135324262yaff
zarf166929122zarf

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298721861.25023897.6
3Display Results1861860.0464043.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911861.579113167.2
 
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