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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 “elapse” 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.

35 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
elapse85752(None) 
elapsed1056101elapsed
elapses957661elapses
lapse74917681_lapse
relapse947701relapse
apse67725382__apse
blase75524232bla_se
claps95626182claps_
clause84311502clause
ease45042332e_a_se
eclipse1144182eclipse
elans55527752elans_
elapid939542elapid
elapine9310672elapine
elate55335882ela_te
elates65032362elates
ellipse944012ellipse
elope75219342elop_e
elopes85918162elopes
else45923082el__se
erase54925492era_se
etape74413702etap_e
etapes85415292etapes
flaps105621382flaps_
laps66848872_laps_
lapsed94712582_lapsed
lapser84113142_lapser
lapses85217692_lapses
lase46148512_la_se
leaps75522932leaps_
lease55230262lea_se
relapsed1136522relapsed
relapser1035272relapser
relapses1038032relapses
slaps76025712slaps_

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.40634310.5
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.76264696.2
 
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