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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 “nilgaus” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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87 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
nilgaus84400(None) 
nilgais845201nilgais
nilgau735111nilgau_
nilghaus1242301nilghaus
nilgai734882nilga_i
nilghais1242902nilghais
nilghau1142432nilghau_
nylghaus1551392nylghaus
pilaus84114132pil_aus
algas65624933_alga_s
belgas9311713belga_s
bilges94915633bilg_es
bilious9310933bilious
biogas94310913bioga_s
cigars9910723ci_gars
dingus83611843ding_us
gigas75415583gi_ga_s
gingals9109313gingals
hilus84817643hil__us
iglus6609933_i_glus
ileus54616893_il_eus
iliads7448673_iliads
inlays9389873inl_ays
jingals1588073jingals
kilogauss1451693kilogauss
ligans76817733li_gans
lilacs837483lil_acs
lingams104510193lingams
lingas75116573linga_s
luaus54514903__luaus
milages103114403milages
milieus939803milieus
milpas101710273milpa_s
nalas55528363nal_a_s
negus64513563n_eg_us
nicads938333ni_cads
nidgets9358143nidgets
nidus65913573ni__dus
niggard1044943niggard
niggards1144123niggards
niggers93111323niggers
niggles93512203niggles
nighs95013613ni_g_hs
nights104117723ni_ghts
nilghai1142473nilghai
nills54926673nil__ls
nils46132453nil___s
nimbus10377283ni_mbus
nimious937663nimious
ninjas1386303ninja_s
niobous936333niobous
nipas77116673ni_pa_s
nisus56014393ni__sus
nitrous73512483nitrous
niveous1037193niveous
nizams1735413ni_zams
nongays11176533nongays
nougats8427413nougats
nullahs10316993nullahs
nylghais1551613nylghais
nylghau1441413nylghau_
oilcans936813oilcans
oilways1334873oilways
pignus937953pi_gnus
pilafs113511023pil_afs
pilau73618523pil_au_
pilaws11399433pil_aws
pileous9510523pileous
pileus84514943pil_eus
pillars9313493pillars
pilous84717753pil_ous
pilus75921063pil__us
silages82514443silages
silenus7369693silenus
silvans10308333silvans
silvas92912183silva_s
tilaks1097353til_aks
valgus1047103valg_us
vigas94817883vi_ga_s
villas96117263villa_s
villous102810023villous
villus93611223vil_lus
virgas1048883virga_s
vulgars11306533vulgars
vulgus1035783vulg_us
wigans104511703wi_gans
zillahs1935383zillahs

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 Limit134027875.78323176.0
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691876.21928733.1
 
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