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

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

56 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
pellicles134492(None) 
pellicle1245041pellicle_
follicles1444102follicles
pedicles1338682pe_dicles
pollices12410752pollic_es
bellicose1343713bellicose
bellies94023723belli__es
bernicles1345403bernicles
calicles123811433_calicles
caulicles1344383caulicles
cellules1036813cell_ules
dellies83622213delli__es
denticles1237753denticles
ellipses1044343_ellipses
fellies104119743felli__es
follicle1344393follicle_
helices12313723he_lic_es
hellholes1545723hellholes
jellies143816533jelli__es
jellifies1946263jellifies
kellies113516853kelli__es
nellies73418723nelli__es
palliates11311033palliates
panicles121010113p_anicles
particles1339803particles
pedicels1336253pe_dicels
pedicle1238973pe_dicle_
pedicled1436463pe_dicled
peduncles1443643peduncles
pelicans1238093pe_licans
pelisses1048483pe_lisses
pelites93821993pe_li_tes
pellmells1342003pellmells
pelvics14245643pelvic__s
pelvises1337273pelvi_ses
penlites10312273penli_tes
pentacles1338773pentacles
perlites10316363perli_tes
petioles10311643pe_tioles
plaices11411143p_laic_es
polices113118053p_olic_es
policies122415663p_olicies
popsicles1543663popsicles
preslices1338213preslic_es
reticles103912483re_ticles
silicles1037073_silicles
tellies73820503telli__es
telltales944393telltales
testicles1146773testicles
vehicles16204683ve_hicles
vellicates1545903vellicates
vernicles1446133vernicles
versicles1446353versicles
vesicles13127073ve_sicles
wellholes1544663wellholes
wellies103719073welli__es

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641567.17320722.3
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.59523527.5
 
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