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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 “ceilidh” 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.

60 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
ceilidh134536(None) 
ceilidhs1442131ceilidhs
ceiled94114952ceiled_
ceili75814792ceili__
ceiling103416722ceiling
ceilis85413742ceili_s
caliph13311403c_aliph
carlish12312763carlish
cebid104314073ce_bid_
cebids11439173ce_bids
ceboid11310653ceboid_
ceboids1237653ceboids
ceil65725063ceil___
ceiler84013963ceil_er
ceilers93912533ceilers
ceilings11397993ceilings
ceils75019403ceil__s
celiac101910433ce_liac
celled94420323celled_
celli76717693celli__
celling103921263celling
cellist9314423cellist
ceorlish1345383ceorlish
ceriph1398463ce_riph
cervid1239323cervid_
child114516223chil_d_
childe124711213chil_de
childish1744393childish
chili106218483chili__
chiliad1337563chiliad
chiliads1445853chiliads
chilidog15132903chilidog
chilies124218303chilies
chilis115517873chili_s
cilia73016763c_ili_a
cilice103213353c_ilice
cilium104311373c_ilium
coiled95123943coiled_
coiling103723453coiling
collide103214793collide
coolish12312523coolish
deicide1149403deicide
delish105215613de_lish
devilish1546373devilish
elide64922643_e_lide
eolith93013903_eolith
felid94717173fe_lid_
felids103111623fe_lids
gelid74916983ge_lid_
heiled104415613heiled_
heiling113616363heiling
heimish1535463heimish
hellish13310723hellish
neolith1068783neolith
relish93916953re_lish
teiid6312533tei_id_
teiids736693tei_ids
trilith10310513trilith
veiled103714543veiled_
veiling113615293veiling

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 Filter1786911340270.813219792.1
2DLD Change Limit134027606.56320421.6
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691607.39224173.6
 
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