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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 “galahs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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57 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
galahs10551267(None) 
galah95917631galah_
galas65731641gala_s
aahs716428562_a_ahs
alans55636172_alans
alas46358122_ala_s
almahs118611612_almahs
amahs107819062_amahs
ayahs116813522_ayahs
balas76937212bala_s
blahs105616512_blahs
calash11312432calash
chalahs15289882chalahs
gala55635162gala__
galago838902galago
galagos938142galagos
galax135314462gala_x
galaxes1538872galaxes
galaxy17476312galaxy
galeas74618512galeas
gales65442482gal_es
galls64729322gal_ls
gallus74313202gallus
galops94712622galops
galosh1038562galosh
gals57946502gal__s
galyacs1335272galyacs
galyaks1534622galyaks
gamas85431362gama_s
gamays126310912gamays
ganjahs18104002ganjahs
garths104111502garths
gayals1039512gayals
gazars164811552gazars
gerahs1039412gerahs
glads75620612g_lads
glams85822932g_lams
glans65125832g_lans
glass65518132g_lass
gulags837542gulags
halals95018312halals
hallahs133912462hallahs
halvahs16417532halvahs
jalaps15299182jalaps
kalams12310602kalams
malars85020682malars
nalas55528362nala_s
palais8420422palais
rajahs16497662rajahs
ralphs1135372ralphs
rayahs12579192rayahs
salads75316962salads
salals65120082salals
selahs9313212selahs
talars66021682talars
talas55935892tala_s
wallahs13409472wallahs

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 Limit82551572.20337472.1
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.56269746.7
 
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