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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 “calyx” 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.

34 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
calyx1751819(None) 
calix145317351calix
calx135722791cal_x
cagy106321992cagy_
caky136222442caky_
calf96339562cal_f
calfs104919382calfs
calif104929102calif
calk105527662cal_k
calks115421602calks
call66838672cal_l
calla74827072calla
calls75634732calls
calm85032362cal_m
calms95222352calms
calo64936442cal_o
calos74431902calos
calve105919922calve
calyxes19426232calyxes
carex144822302carex
cavy125920002cavy_
cay87155982ca_y_
cays95437672ca_ys
clay95927412clay_
clays105521332clays
coaly105521592coaly_
coly96940532coly_
culex144613932culex
cylix17448622cylix
falx147120782fal_x
galax135314462galax
paly95835532paly_
scaly104718722scaly_
waly105830902waly_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800341.70331591.3
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.02988068.5
 
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