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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 “felspar” 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.

36 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
felspar124328(None) 
feldspar1441991feldspar
felspars1343161felspars
feldspars1551852feldspars
calcspar1442583calcspar
cellar84514983cel_lar
despair1045463de_spair
eloper85414153_eloper
escar74011993_e_scar
eskar9457453_e_skar
falser93912413fals_er
fear75337793fe___ar
feaster10812983feaster
feldsher1543243feldsher
fella84918653fel_la_
fellah124910773fel_lah
fellas95116963fel_las
feller94419553fel_ler
felsic1147053fels_ic
felsite1039083felsite
festal94213563fe_stal
fester94723513fe_ster
feuar8310243fe__uar
filar84819293fil__ar
flesher133610923flesher
foliar93210973fol_iar
fulmar1137253ful_mar
helipad1344723helipad
helper114313093hel_per
pulsar8329363puls_ar
secpar1037923se_cpar
spar65433303___spar
velar85817633vel__ar
vesper1138083ve_sper
welsher13377443welsher
yelper11458783yel_per

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027366.73319906.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.15524974.3
 
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