Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “malleus” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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50 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
malleus	9	29	1131	(None)
mallees	9	33	1597	1	mallees
mallets	9	33	1849	1	mallets
allees	6	45	2148	2	_allees
alleys	9	51	1330	2	_alleys
ballers	9	44	2101	2	ballers
ballets	9	37	1951	2	ballets
callees	9	41	1778	2	callees
callers	9	42	2196	2	callers
callets	9	38	2170	2	callets
callous	9	35	1660	2	callous
callus	8	53	1707	2	call_us
dalles	7	42	2206	2	dalle_s
fallers	10	39	1799	2	fallers
gallets	8	35	1740	2	gallets
galleys	11	36	971	2	galleys
gallous	8	28	1395	2	gallous
gallus	7	43	1320	2	gall_us
hallels	10	33	1013	2	hallels
macles	10	70	2322	2	macle_s
maglevs	13	3	469	2	maglevs
mailers	9	44	2033	2	mailers
mailes	8	43	2911	2	maile_s
mailless	10	24	858	2	mailless
males	7	50	4979	2	ma_le_s
malled	9	46	2611	2	malle_d
mallee	8	45	2559	2	malle_e
mallei	8	44	1463	2	malle_i
malleolus	11	4	351	2	malleolus
mallet	8	44	3305	2	malle_t
mallows	12	37	1432	2	mallows
malls	7	62	3343	2	mall__s
malteds	10	37	760	2	malteds
manless	9	30	1293	2	manless
maples	10	48	1942	2	maple_s
matless	9	30	1404	2	matless
maulers	9	42	1330	2	maulers
mealless	10	28	836	2	mealless
milieus	9	3	980	2	milieus
millers	9	36	2134	2	millers
milles	8	45	2656	2	mille_s
millets	9	42	1684	2	millets
mullens	9	36	1131	2	mullens
mullers	9	32	1730	2	mullers
mullets	9	36	1478	2	mullets
mulleys	12	29	920	2	mulleys
pallets	9	39	1930	2	pallets
sallets	7	37	1965	2	sallets
valleys	13	40	748	2	valleys
wallets	10	39	1483	2	wallets

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	50	7.483	14388.7
3	Display Results	50	50	0.033	1515.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	50	7.986	22375.5