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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 “amalgams” 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.

27 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
amalgams134320(None) 
amalgam1244921amalgam_
algas65624933__alga_s
algums9208043__algums
amalgamate1552263amalgamate
amalgamates1652133amalgamates
amigas95912173am_iga_s
amylums1473613amyl_ums
anagrams1146593anagrams
analgias9107803analgias
azaleas1636993azalea_s
balsams11579013_balsams
kalams12310603_kal_ams
kamalas13339123kamal_a_s
madams11310943_ma_dams
magmas115512503_ma_gmas
mailgrams1443633mailgrams
malars85020683_mal_ars
malms95021553_mal__ms
mamaligas1443383mamaliga_s
mangas94122923_manga_s
margays1337493_margays
marrams11310123_marrams
realgars934533realgars
salaams997703_salaams
trangams1147203trangams
yamalkas1743103yamalka_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162277.15620425.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691277.57923577.1
 
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