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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 “alien” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

124 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
alien5642558(None) 
aliens65619211aliens
align65016501align
aline57243151aline
lien45339801_lien
adieu6417422adieu
admen84516182admen
agin56132712agi_n
ailed66240282ailed
ain37579092a_i_n
airn46433832a_irn
akin86328032aki_n
alae45643752alae_
alan46844082al_an
alane56135612alane
alder65421912alder
ale36572342al_e_
alec66430062al_ec
alee46652322al_ee
alef76340692al_ef
ales47067102al_es
algin65718762algin
alias55834602alias
alibi7514232alibi
aliened81011742aliened
alienee71013152alienee
aliener71011192aliener
alienly1037502alienly
alienor7116302alienor
alif76242142ali_f
alifs86121262alifs
aligns75312952aligns
alike95523962alike
aliment9316702aliment
alined75221402alined
aliner65621982aliner
alines65735222alines
aliped95414282aliped
alist56136782alist
alit46155692ali_t
alive85722512alive
aliya83713482aliya
alkene104114002alkene
alkie95520032alkie_
alkies104518092alkies
alkine104916802alkine
allee54932122allee
alley85721672alley
allied74217152allied
allies63827672allies
alme65832162alme_
almeh106214552almeh
almes75126542almes
aloe45540192aloe_
aloes54933672aloes
aloin55227422aloin
alone55732962alone
alpine84417372alpine
alter54828502alter
alvine94614582alvine
amen66733152a_men
amie66339852amie_
amies76837692amies
amin66042252ami_n
amine75835382amine
anion55028812anion
apian75018332apian
ariel55228972ariel
arisen65316792arisen
arpen74418042arpen
ashen87818672ashen
aspen75216092aspen
avian84616052avian
avion84218342avion
axion1211316912axion
axmen145112272axmen
ayin76331742ayi_n
azine146721412azine
baleen8613052baleen
blin67228172bli_n
client8316342client
cline76428532cline
fallen93813372fallen
flied96519432flied
flier86023402flier
flies85630712flies
gien56330022_gien
glen56027202gl_en
kalian10312162kalian
laden65022192laden
lain46146282lai_n
laten54328342laten
lie38264522_lie_
lied55838092_lied
lief76036992_lief
liens56525502_liens
lier45942462_lier
lies46454192_lies
lieu46534362_lieu
liken911818842_liken
limen75426032_limen
limn66527692_limn
lin37967372_li_n
line46965572_line
linen55728722_linen
linn46034592_linn
lion46334442_lion
liven85021732_liven
malign939852malign
maline84529082maline
mien65028362_mien
olden65114852olden
olein5316002olein
palier85023562palier
plie65127392plie_
plied85118592plied
plier75221282plier
plies74526512plies
salient7419762salient
saline65132702saline
slier54827242slier
talion6317712talion
valine94623092valine
walies95324522walies

Search took 2 seconds 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001241.48336277.8
3Display Results1241240.0333757.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911241.82997698.7
 
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