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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 “alkalifies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

33 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
alkalifies174323(None) 
alkalified1852641alkalified
alkalies12158542alkal__ies
alkalinizes24142882alkalinizes
alkalises13167482alkali_ses
alkalizes22157352alkali_zes
alkalify1842823alkalif__y
alkalifying2282003alkalifying
alkaline12168283alkali_ne_
alkalinities1653003alkalinities
alkalinity1752483alkalinity
alkalinize23143023alkalinize
alkalinized25142713alkalinized
alkalis11148793alkal__i_s
alkalise12178043alkali_se_
alkalised14155263alkali_sed
alkalising1545013alkalising
alkalize21177633alkali_ze_
alkalized23146603alkali_zed
alkalizer22155563alkali_zer
alkalizers23153953alkalizers
alkalizing2446133alkalizing
alkaloids1443983alkal_oids
alkaloses13144853alkal_oses
alkalosis13124163alkalosi_s
amplifies16106703a_mplifies
analities9715873a_nalities
auralities10410223auralities
axialities1747733axialities
clarifies1448633cl_arifies
coalifies1439113_coalifies
qualifies2147503_qualifies
salifies11314793__salifies

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit140603336.07623140.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.54527301.9
 
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