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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 “bam” 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.

31 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
bam7856014(None) 
am411875561_am
ba49962341ba_
baa510650421baa
bad67763151bad
bag67059221bag
bah87755351bah
bal56662721bal
balm85534201balm
bams87044451bams
ban58366831ban
bap76455841bap
bar58070551bar
barm86739601barm
bas58681751bas
bat510988951bat
bay89661641bay
beam86939231beam
blam86131701blam
bum75342691bum
cam78058981cam
dam67457041dam
gam67060061gam
ham86363281ham
jam126942521jam
lam57666711lam
nam55953391nam
pam77858391pam
ram56867271ram
tam58663421tam
yam87448991yam

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 Filter17869151460.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit5146310.09653604.2
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691310.1561145455.1
 
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