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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 “illegam” 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.

31 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
illegal854761illegal
illegals954322illegals
agleam9158623agle_am
alegar739283_alegar
allege74314653alleg_e
alleged9389323alleged
alleger8319633alleger
alleges84212573alleges
allegro844853allegro
allogamy1443993allogamy
bluegum1263823bluegum
fleam106017283_fle_am
gleam86916733_gle_am
ilea45931463i_le_a_
ileac75814173i_le_ac
ileal56118083i_le_al
ileum74512823i_le_um
illegally1343733illegally
iller54821293ille__r
illest63615723ille_st
illogic1046013illogic
inseam8329993inse_am
legal65715943__legal
lingam95112353_lingam
milldam1245473mill_dam
milligal1145703milligal
milligram1443903milligram
phlegm1433093phleg_m
telega736773telega_
telegas837443telegas
telegram1146003telegram

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 Limit134027316.11021935.7
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.53227356.2
 
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