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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 “alf” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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266 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
aff95537611aff
al210674041al_
ala312463601ala
alb57342651alb
ale36572341ale
alef76340691alef
alfa77624271alfa
alif76242141alif
all36148231all
alp56641131alp
als36663021als
alt36467961alt
arf67453371arf
calf96339561calf
elf66138521elf
half106238451half
aa219179952a_a
aah616252962aah
aal39058672aal
aals49941142aals
aas310975392aas
ab410674762a_b
aba512850952aba
able66340532able
ably99725132ably
abo59045962abo
abs59356072abs
aby810238062aby
ace59656832ace
act59557842act
ad311975032a_d
add510132362add
ado49146872ado
ads49755732ads
adz1312332862adz
ae212590292a_e
aft66849012aft
ag311067462a_g
aga410447232aga
age47154332age
agly86821802agly
ago48845522ago
ags47551662ags
ah513868792a_h
aha611246642aha
ahi68040232ahi
ahs68644822ahs
ai211288392a_i
aid49269082aid
ail37171042ail
ails45654712ails
aim57858212aim
ain37579092ain
air38058392air
ais39083572ais
ait38093902ait
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alas46358122alas
alba68328332alba
albs68628572albs
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alefs87319662alefs
ales47067102ales
alfas87219042alfas
alga57927602alga
alifs86121262alifs
alit46155692alit
alky115920342alky
alls46740922alls
ally76935642ally
alma66333022alma
alme65832162alme
alms65834922alms
aloe45540192aloe
aloft8423432aloft
aloof83521572aloof
alow75328592alow
alps65529242alps
also46423442also
alto47831262alto
alts46639902alts
alum65227612alum
am411875562a_m
ama510853302ama
ami56646812ami
amp77541022amp
amu58237322amu
an211879082a_n
ana39559832ana
and47244172and
ane37866952ane
ani37751182ani
ant37270792ant
any68440492any
ape57251182ape
apo511142122apo
app76827602app
apt57352542apt
ar211379382a_r
arb510448422arb
arc510250902arc
are37874572are
arfs76029962arfs
ark77044962ark
arm58449622arm
ars37670932ars
art38679142art
as211083072a_s
ash67944602ash
ask77130702ask
asp57235342asp
ass37844062ass
at212393402a_t
ate37059242ate
att35454652att
auk76234142auk
auld54125362auld
ava610139322ava
ave67748702ave
avo68936232avo
aw512563402a_w
awa611939672awa
awe67746622awe
awl67635302awl
awls75926092awls
awn68035912awn
ax911057782a_x
axe108239492axe
axle116424602axle
ay511773892a_y
aye67151762aye
ays67050292ays
azo128233392azo
baff124632272baff
bal56662722bal_
bald76432902bald
bale66353842bale
balk105132222balk
ball66043322ball
balm85534202balm
bals66354042bals
barf95844412barf
caff125631672caff
calfs104919382calfs
calif104929102calif
calk105527662calk
call66838672call
calm85032362calm
calo64936442calo
calx135722792calx
clef97028182clef
daff115229682daff
dal47554952dal_
dale55643982dale
dals57145122dals
def76546722def
delf85436572delf
dif76846902dif
ef57345362_ef
eff96128622eff
el26745292el_
eld46733792eld
elk76726122elk
ell36735682ell
elm57531742elm
els37645722els
fall75535312fall
falx147120782falx
flu66530212flu
fly97124952fly
gaff114828152gaff
gal46055512gal_
gala55635162gala
gale56347322gale
gall56335992gall
gals57946502gals
golf85731182golf
gulf84929422gulf
haaf106227732haaf
hale76052832hale
hall75741162hall
halm95834972halm
halo76437322halo
halt76056302halt
if57239952_if
iff96730392iff
ilk78325302ilk
ill37437092ill
kaf106845512kaf
kaif116933932kaif
kale86533752kale
kalif125021362kalif
kef105639662kef
kif105941192kif
la219261632_la
lab58864782lab
lac510155822lac
lad48165702lad
lag47862122lag
lall45531312lall
lam57666712lam
lap58565272lap
lar37967532lar
las37281472las
lat37593402lat
lav66847342lav
law68656642law
lax107651522lax
lay68865352lay
li29948752_li
lo28053442_lo
male66052302male
mall64639372mall
malm85129982malm
malt66254812malt
naff105128932naff
naif76839022naif
nala46930392nala
oaf65952882oaf
of58247772_of
off96331632off
old47033462old
ole37155212ole
pal56761672pal_
pale66055012pale
pall65039342pall
palm85331362palm
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pelf97031452pelf
ply86323552ply
raff104933042raff
rale45050562rale
ref66053292ref
rif65951562rif
rolf75134872rolf
sal36462882sal_
sale44959702sale
sall44544682sall
salp64534092salp
sals46851672sals
salt45758522salt
self75138292self
sly66228562sly
tala45938052tala
talc66226812talc
tale46154162tale
tali46837162tali
talk86230092talk
tall47240212tall
ulu36028702ulu
vale74937342vale
waff134228042waff
waif105836752waif
wale74546432wale
walk115625612walk
wall76236102wall
waly105830902waly
wolf105729562wolf
yaff135324262yaff
yald86920612yald
zarf166929122zarf

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 Filter178691140840.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit140842660.36039122.2
3Display Results2662660.0465782.6
 (SQL Overall)1786912660.656272394.8
 
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