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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 “apelike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

38 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
apelike1331053(None) 
tapelike1437491tapelike
aguelike1344672aguelike
airlike11310332airlike
alike95523962a__like
antlike11312072antlike
aplite8316392ap_lite
armlike1348552armlike
asslike1137372asslike
axlike17388852a_xlike
beelike13379782beelike
belike124616282_belike
cagelike1537722cagelike
cavelike1738212cavelike
crapelike1744932crapelike
eyelike1436972eyelike
gamelike1538032gamelike
gatelike1337932gatelike
grapelike1644662grapelike
harelike1539612harelike
hoelike141411162hoelike
icelike1337172icelike
jadelike2035992jadelike
lacelike1438492lacelike
lakelike1137382lakelike
maplelike1744202maplelike
maplike15299272map_like
mazelike2336462mazelike
pealike131211272_pealike
peglike14136772_peglike
pelite84323002_pelite
pipelike16166692pipelike
popelike16177852popelike
ropelike14157852ropelike
tapeline10310362tapeline
toelike11149822toelike
vaselike1536992vaselike
wavelike1836612wavelike

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671382.90637051.3
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.29554231.0
 
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