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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 “ale” 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.

41 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
ale3657234(None) 
able66340531able
ace59656831ace
ae212590291a_e
age47154331age
al210674041al_
ala312463601ala
alae45643751alae
alb57342651alb
alec66430061alec
alee46652321alee
alef76340691alef
ales47067101ales
all36148231all
alme65832161alme
aloe45540191aloe
alp56641131alp
als36663021als
alt36467961alt
ane37866941ane
ape57251181ape
are37874571are
ate37059241ate
ave67748701ave
awe67746621awe
axe108239491axe
axle116424601axle
aye67151761aye
bale66353841bale
dale55643981dale
gale56347321gale
hale76052831hale
kale86533751kale
male66052291male
ole37155211ole
pale66055011pale
rale45050561rale
sale44959701sale
tale46154161tale
vale74937341vale
wale74546431wale

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 Filter17869151460.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit5146410.21623824.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691410.342522488.3
 
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