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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 “had” 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
had7765877(None) 
ad311975041_ad
bad67763161bad
cad67456371cad
chad105525501chad
dad58456171dad
fad77452421fad
gad57556661gad
ha510259941ha_
hade85440201hade
hadj155818681hadj
hae67364001hae
haed86338581haed
hag77255741hag
hah910655221hah
haj138140601haj
ham86363281ham
hand86833711hand
hao67251121hao
hap87360051hap
hard85443501hard
has67372651has
hat67289961hat
haw97153271haw
hay97358771hay
head87137171head
hid76248391hid
hod76852471hod
lad48165711lad
mad68958721mad
pad68057331pad
rad47662011rad
sad47459211sad
shad86230911shad
tad47959831tad
wad77053901wad

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 Filter17869151460.236757165.3
2DLD Change Limit5146360.09355333.3
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691360.329543133.7
 
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