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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 “ales” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
ales4706710(None) 
ables75935541ables
aces67645091aces
ages55844591ages
alas46358121alas
albs68628571albs
ale36572341ale_
alec66430061alec
alecs76620731alecs
alee46652321alee
alef76340691alef
alefs87319661alefs
alls46740921alls
almes75126541almes
alms65834921alms
aloes54933671aloes
alps65529241alps
als36663021al_s
alts46639901alts
anes45255931anes
apes66047431apes
ares45871021ares
arles56735741arles
ates45047921ates
aves76142601aves
awes76037551awes
axes117337851axes
axles125219471axles
ayes76543511ayes
bales76250081bales
dales66439741dales
gales65442481gales
hales85449841hales
kales95730981kales
les35663071_les
males75049791males
oles46453471oles
pales75753801pales
rales54947491rales
sales56055591sales
tales55451371tales
vales85434261vales
wales86142831wales

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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983430.25055932.0
3Display Results43430.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691430.313570897.8
 
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