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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 “phalanges” 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.

48 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
phalanges156536(None) 
phalange1465191phalange_
phalanger1554111phalanger
phalangers1673761phalangers
phalanxes2153911phalanxes
phalangal1552472phalangal
phalangeal1652212phalangeal
pharynges1842882pharynges
balances1279973_balances
challenges1643993challenges
chalones13312173chalon_es
changes134517583ch__anges
flanges113413273__flanges
galangas1046173_galangas
harangues1344633_harangues
haulages1236623_haula_ges
haylages1536013_hayla_ges
malangas1136863_malangas
melanges1138613_melanges
palaces114216453p_ala_ces
palates93624933p_ala_tes
palings103915823p_aling_s
parangs104314373p_arang_s
parlances1348953parlances
pavanes123612653p_avan_es
pawnages1435313p_awnages
pelages10714613p_ela_ges
phages125213513ph__a_ges
phalanx1945203phalan__x
phalaropes1754353phalaropes
phalluses1444263phalluses
pharynxes2441923pharynxes
philabegs1741923philabegs
philander1544063philander
philanders1644273philanders
phytanes1645763phytan_es
pillages113012613pilla_ges
plages94520153p__la_ges
planes85028083p__lan_es
platanes102711883platan_es
plunges104011613p__lunges
pralines102217723pralin_es
prolonges12337923prolonges
rhatanies1244983rhatanies
scalages113010253scala_ges
thanages12107623thana_ges
valances1398763_valances
whalings15256763whaling_s

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641486.97021325.8
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.17024922.0
 
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