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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 “galea” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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156 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
galea6472293(None) 
gala55635161gal_a
gale56347321gale_
galeae74717451galeae
galeas74618511galeas
galena74911091galena
gales65442481gales
palea75028661palea
agleam9158622agleam
aglee65728492aglee
aglet65534142aglet
agley96917332agley
ala312463602_al_a
alae45643752_alae
alba68328332_alba
ale36572342_ale_
alec66430062_alec
alee46652322_alee
alef76340692_alef
ales47067102_ales
alfa77624272_alfa
alga57927602_alga
alma66333022_alma
area45843392_area
asea46327182_asea
azalea1537002azalea
bale66353842bale_
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balsa77920412balsa
calesa8412472calesa
calla74827072calla
dale55643982dale_
dales66439742dales
flea75628492_flea
gable85325522gable_
gabled105518452gabled
gables94222332gables
gae46457702ga_e_
gaed66031512ga_ed
gaen57329602ga_en
gaes56348032ga_es
gaga66625552ga_ga
gage65936102gage_
gaged85522312gaged
gager74726292gager
gages74529972gages
gal46055512gal__
galah95917632galah
galas65731642galas
galatea839952galatea
galax135314462galax
galeate83916782galeate
galenas83310342galenas
galere73716672galere
gall56335992gal_l
galled84622862galled
gallet73630852gallet
galleta8399642galleta
galley104215452galley
galls64729322galls
gally95026172gally
galop84716222galop
gals57946502gal_s
galyac1235972galyac
galyak1445332galyak
gama77035522ga_ma
gamba106018512gamba
game76644322game_
gamed95126392gamed
gamer84928942gamer
games86238552games
gamey115320552gamey
gamma106116102gamma
gane55145302gane_
ganef96322462ganef
ganev95513862ganev
ganja131410002ganja
gaoled84814502gaoled
gaoler73913572gaoler
gape75134512gape_
gaped96123532gaped
gaper86125122gaper
gapes86030822gapes
garda7316762garda
gases65633992gases
gate55746572gate_
gateau778112gateau
gated75329772gated
gater64533652gater
gates65939512gates
gave84634052gave_
gavel95815182gavel
gayer94519192gayer
gaze145032412gaze_
gazed165520332gazed
gazer155720072gazer
gazes155425912gazes
gelee63626982gelee
gleam86916732g_leam
glean65818202g_lean
gleba83910242g_leba
gled65631142g_led
glee55239062g_lee
gleg66219802g_leg
glen56027202g_len
gley85724652g_ley
glia56423152g_lia
goaled85014362goaled
golem8416112golem
gules64831042gules
hale76052832hale_
haled95335822haled
haler85033522haler
hales85449842hales
halma108219252halma
halva115414432halva
ilea45931462_ilea
kale86533752kale_
kales95730982kales
kalpa114512192kalpa
lea37660182__lea
male66052302male_
males75049792males
nala46930392nal_a
naled65525052naled
olea46532722_olea
pale66055012pale_
paleae84820292paleae
paleal84716672paleal
paled85538722paled
paler75436932paler
pales75753802pales
palet74650802palet
pilea75123952pilea
plea66830602_plea
rale45050562rale_
rales54947492rales
sale44959702sale_
salep77022952salep
sales56055592sales
salpa75018352salpa
salsa56718922salsa
tala45938052tal_a
tale46154162tale_
taler56034862taler
tales55451372tales
vale74937342vale_
vales85434262vales
valet84337872valet
wale74546432wale_
waled94330992waled
waler84229262waler
wales86142832wales
walla85321032walla

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001561.62633087.3
3Display Results1561560.0305200.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911561.96990752.2
 
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