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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 “impale” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
impale10281166(None) 
empale102611261empale
impala10256931impala
impaled12288511impaled
impaler11298391impaler
impales113311761impales
ample94720302amp_le
ampule10710612ampule
dimple113512792dimp_le
empaled12288952empaled
empaler11288352empaler
empales112411432empales
image81411292im_age
imbalm1246322imbalm
immane1038882immane
impact122310452impact
impair1036002impair
impalas11236952impalas
impalers12226972impalers
impanel1137092impanel
impark14287072impark
impart102715142impart
impasse11246462impasse
impaste11258002impaste
impawn1333262impawn
impede11469622impede
impel95711772impel_
impels10389522impels
imphee13310352imphee
impled113812512imp_led
imply124911842imp_ly
impone103011862impone
impose103113052impose
impulse1135112impulse
impure1038382impure
impute1038042impute
inhale9411512inhale
male66052302_m_ale
maple95521142_maple
pale66055012__pale
pimple123512962pimp_le
rimple103814582rimp_le
simple104315172simp_le
spale74929212_spale
timbale11248802timbale
wimple133611362wimp_le

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551462.40334353.3
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.76564626.0
 
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