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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 “mealie” 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.

43 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
mealie8251981(None) 
mealier93015901mealier
mealies92821931mealies
meanie83718391meanie
beanie83618592beanie
belie75630382be_lie
dearie73319812dearie
ferlie92814052ferlie
goalie7413162goalie
maile75232222m_aile
male66052302m_al_e
malic94525662m_alic
malice104818482m_alice
maline84529082m_aline
mamie95826002m_amie
mavie104722562m_avie
meagre9349322meagre
meal65643172meal__
mealiest102215972mealiest
meals75933372meal_s
mealtime1245122mealtime
mealy104422182meal_y
meanies93620742meanies
measle83513222measle
measlier1036012measlier
meatier93214612meatier
meinie82614522meinie
melee73729102me_lee
melic94722332me_lic
merle75824372merl_e
merlin83916682merlin
metalise10416052metalise
metalize19414782metalize
mislie83219152mislie
mollie83517102mollie
nellie63614812nellie
pealike131211272pealike
realia6314592realia
realise73021812realise
realize162717082realize
tealike111111082tealike
vealier102712172vealier
wellie92814912wellie

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551432.20337472.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691432.56269746.7
 
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