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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 “phalanger” 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.

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
phalanger155411(None) 
phalange1465191phalange_
phalangers1673761phalangers
phalanges1565361phalanges
phalangal1552472phalangal
phalangeal1652222phalangeal
phalanxes2153912phalanxes
philander1544062philander
balancer1246603_balancer
challenger1652693challenger
changer134215543ch__anger
clanger104113493__clanger
flanger113412623__flanger
hanger104023263_h__anger
haranguer1342873_haranguer
malinger11116543_malinger
palaver1238753p_ala_ver
phalanstery1951383phalanstery
phalanx1945203phalan__x
pharynges1842883pharynges
philanders1644273philanders
pillager11278553pilla_ger
planer84122663p__lan_er
planner93511633p__lanner
planter94017813p__lanter
plunger104211253p__lunger
prolonger12305873prolonger

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641279.14016262.7
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691279.58018652.5
 
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