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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 “halftime” 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.

33 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
halftime164331(None) 
halftimes1742881halftimes
halflife1743212halflife
halfpipe1862442halfpipe
halftone1445152halftone
airtime948063_airtime
anytime1246043_anytime
calflike1735153calflike
daytime1344783da_ytime
hafting144014173ha_fting
halation11313853halation
halflives1842783halflives
halfpipes1942493halfpipes
halftones1545213halftones
halide103417993hal__ide
halidome14115313halidome
halite93624233hal__ite
halolike1537403halolike
haltere103614703hal_tere
halting114419073hal_ting
halutzim2261963halutzim_
holytide1544973holytide
maritime1247383maritime
mealtime1245123meal_time
palatine10316063palatine
pastime114611973pa_stime
playtime1544793playtime
ragtime1036163ra_gtime
saltie63422433sal_ti_e
saltine75018563sal_tine
saltire73113033sal_tire
smalltime1342193smalltime
wartime1237743wa_rtime

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162337.84318636.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691338.26621617.6
 
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