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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 “hello” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

111 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
hello8652298(None) 
cello74919581cello
hallo85127551hallo
helio85321191helio
hell75637891hell_
hellos95321681hellos
hells85032041hells
helo75332851he_lo
hillo84721651hillo
hollo84822161hollo
hullo84417451hullo
jello126716271jello
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
bellow114213352bellow
bells76432162bells
belly104625492belly
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cellos84517802cellos
cells75428062cells
dell56938202dell_
dells66630942dells
delly96023872delly
duello756782duello
ell36735682_ell_
ells46431352_ells
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
felloe93513922felloe
fellow123712742fellow
fells85327382fells
felly114922802felly
fillo84319782fillo
hall75741162hall_
halloa94918122halloa
halloo95118972halloo
hallos95425102hallos
hallot95426782hallot
hallow124818322hallow
halls85633782halls
halo76437322h_alo
heal75645692heal_
heals85733452heals
heel75034222heel_
heels85625532heels
heil76328932heil_
heils85222192heils
held85330402he_ld
helios94816632helios
helix154413012helix
hellbox1944982hellbox
helled104024702helled
heller93322512heller
hellion10311132hellion
helloed113512422helloed
helloes103717462helloes
helm95530022he_lm
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helot85332682helot
help95328922he_lp
helps105219342helps
helve115018092helve
herl75834552herl_
herls85226432herls
hero74635782he_ro
hill76439492hill_
hilloa94713032hilloa
hillos94618892hillos
hills85431352hills
hilly114422162hilly
holla84918492holla
holloa94914822holloa
holloo94415252holloo
hollos95320632hollos
hollow124212662hollow
holly114824432holly
hull75428782hull_
hulloa95011182hulloa
hulloo94511732hulloo
hullos94916292hullos
hulls84923562hulls
jell117125872jell_
jellos134714282jellos
jells125522162jells
jelly154218252jelly
kelly124617022kelly
mell64935612mell_
mellow114112222mellow
mells75031332mells
nelly84618812nelly
niello636602niello
phyllo1435872phyllo
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
sells55134432sells
shell84424122shell_
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
telco7511872telco
tell44934702tell_
tells55828942tells
telly84920822telly
well75832042well_
wells85426192wells
welly114620012welly
yell76028322yell_
yellow12429882yellow
yells85821942yells

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 Limit538001111.57634137.1
3Display Results1111110.0333363.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911111.92292971.4
 
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