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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 “papules” 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.

27 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
papules11241157(None) 
papule102212131papule_
ampules1189432ampules
apples104315762_apples
appulse1134672appulse
appulses1234892appulses
capsules1236632capsules
caules85927252ca_ules
cupules113210262cupules
dapples1238992dapples
macules114015132macules
maples104819422map_les
paddles113515642paddles
padles95221122pa_dles
pales75753802pa__les
pappies103214832pappies
papula103011122papul_a
papulae11249362papulae
papular11299772papular
papulose1244532papulose
parles86334412pa_rles
paroles95025892paroles
parures9512692parures
pauses84621472pa_uses
pilules9510622pilules
popples103011872popples
pules74538812__pules

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671276.79615843.3
3Display Results27270.033818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691277.56223630.1
 
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