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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 “ain” 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.

45 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
ain3757910(None) 
agin56132711agin
ai211288401ai_
aid49269091aid
ail37171051ail
aim57858221aim
ains46158891ains
air38058401air
airn46433841airn
ais39083581ais
ait38093911ait
akin86328041akin
amin66042251amin
an211879081a_n
ani37751181ani
awn68035911awn
ayin76331741ayin
bin56658651bin
cain65643911cain
din46459471din
fain75840561fain
fin66458041fin
gain56042161gain
gin46055761gin
hin67559571hin
in28150871_in
jin106443941jin
kain85334301kain
kin76353981kin
lain46146281lain
lin37967381lin
main65345521main
pain65647241pain
pin57066731pin
rain46251731rain
rin36663191rin
sain45551291sain
sin36265901sin
tain45548071tain
tin36362181tin
vain75233001vain
wain75840201wain
win66456301win
yin67648741yin
zin125643781zin

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 Limit5146450.09355333.3
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691450.342522488.3
 
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