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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 “apple” 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.

72 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
apple9451767(None) 
ample94720301ample
appel94615891appel
apples104315761apples
applet105917431applet
apply125111391apply
dapple1138851dapple
abele76323252abele
able66340532a_ble
addle74318352addle
agile65122262agile
aisle55223192aisle
ale36572342a__le
amble95924642amble
amole75724592amole
ampler104313302ampler
amply125012912amply
ampule10710612ampule
anele55628832anele
angle64528872angle
anile54634462anile
ankle95220252ankle
anole55330382anole
apace94718382apace
ape57251182a_p_e
app76827602app__
appal95315222appal
appall10379742appall
appals104812942appals
appels104312792appels
applets115710062applets
applied1247482applied
applier1137902applier
applies11311222applies
appose10411992appose
apps86319692app_s
appulse1134672appulse
apse67725382a_pse
aptly105111812aptly
argle65421562argle
axile126020512axile
axle116424602a_xle
azole145118032azole
dappled1336392dappled
dapples1238992dapples
duple85315862duple
fipple13329062fipple
grapple12378002grapple
hopple132910482hopple
maple95521142maple
nappe96114992napp_e
nappie104112262nappie
nipple103410372nipple
padle84522342padle
pale66055012_pale
papule102212132papule
parle75836162parle
pele65539552_pele
pile65649692_pile
pole65951302_pole
popple92710982popple
pule65040952_pule
rappee103618672rappee
rappel104211952rappel
ripple103413912ripple
sample104215012sample
spale74929212spale
spile75230082spile
supple10410202supple
tipple103411912tipple
topple104411322topple
uppile10178502uppile

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800721.40638264.6
3Display Results72720.0164500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691721.718104011.1
 
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