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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 “desalts” 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.

27 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
desalts83957(None) 
desalt7518311desalt_
basalts9358962basalts
deals65435342de_al_s
dealt65234282de_alt_
decals93717712decal_s
decants103514442decants
defats105114552defa_ts
defaults1243332defaults
delts65731792de__lts
demasts1089222demasts
departs104310682departs
derats74625062dera_ts
desalted1038312desalted
desalter938362desalter
desalters1037672desalters
desands94810162desands
descants112910142descants
deserts82513052deserts
desists83611722desists
despots10319682despots
exalts13328312_exalts
gestalts955492gestalts
persalts1038192persalts
resales74724902resales
results739832results
salts55431882__salts

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671273.26632967.2
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.68848452.0
 
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