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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 “lin” 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.

38 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
lin3796738(None) 
ain37579101ain
bin56658651bin
blin67228171blin
din46459471din
fin66458041fin
gin46055761gin
hin67559571hin
in28150871_in
jin106443941jin
kin76353981kin
lain46146281lain
li29948761li_
lib57750281lib
lid47453531lid
lie38264531lie
lien45339811lien
limn66527701limn
line46965581line
ling57447971ling
link86943451link
linn46034601linn
lino46343381lino
lins47059061lins
lint416266241lint
liny78141331liny
lion46334451lion
lip514755811lip
lis37162281lis
lit39377321lit
loin46838721loin
pin57066731pin
rin36663191rin
sin36265901sin
tin36362181tin
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 Filter17869151460.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit5146380.09355333.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691380.359497746.5
 
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