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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 “illegal” 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.

49 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
illegal85476(None) 
illegals954321illegals
ileal56118082i_le_al
illegally1343732illegally
legal65715942__legal
milligal1145702milligal
alegar739283_alegar
algal66518223_al_gal
allege74314653alleg_e
alleged9389323alleged
alleger8319633alleger
alleges84212573alleges
allegro844853allegro
allheal1044553allheal
collegial1245733collegial
egal55119433___egal
ideal65716393i_de_al
ilea45931463i_le_a_
ileac75814173i_le_ac
ilial55317843i_l_ial
illegality1473223illegality
illegalize20133313illegalize
illegible1243783illegible
illegibly1553143illegibly
iller54821293ille__r
illest63615723ille_st
illiberal1152983illiberal
illogic1046013illogic
illogical1245413illogical
illuvial1144113illuvial
integral946783integral
irreal657833irre_al
leal46043273__le_al
legals73412733__legals
liberal9310193liberal
lienal63912783_lienal
lineal65616023line_al
literal7613273literal
milligals1245033milligals
nonlegal946073nonlegal
paleal84716673pale_al
pelletal1045733pelletal
plagal948573_plagal
plexal1536843_plexal
prelegal1145053prelegal
regal65023793__regal
scleral937863scleral
telega736773telega_
telegas837443telegas

Search took 7 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 Limit134027496.04622167.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691496.46827626.9
 
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