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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 “applaud” 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.

44 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
applaud129390(None) 
applauds13103281applauds
applauded1542172applauded
applauder1442362applauder
applause1243662applause
applied1247482applied
ablaut8313263a_blaut
aland65526413a__land
almud84012183a__lmud
aloud65018073a__loud
appal95315223app_a_l
appall10379743app_all
appalled1344813appalled
appalls11337743appalls
appals104812943app_als
appeal103911613appea_l
appealed1335603appealed
appeals11378673appeals
appear10379343appea_r
appeared1336143appeared
appears11308953appears
appease1137913appease
appeased1335793appeased
append1138273app_end
applauders1542123applauders
applauding1642103applauding
applauses1344033applauses
apple94517673appl__e
apples104315763appl_es
applet105917433appl_et
applets115710063applets
applier1137903applier
applies11311213applies
applique2142583applique
appliqued2341953appliqued
apply125111393appl__y
apposed1247853apposed
belaud939133_belaud
dappled1336393dappl_ed
laud56527723___laud
pilau73618523_pilau_
pilaus84114133_pilaus
plaid85118303__plaid
upland938863_upland

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027445.90622693.4
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691446.32528251.5
 
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