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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 “pilaf” 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.

51 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
pilaf10392348(None) 
pilaff143910361pilaff
pilafs113511021pilafs
pilar75221501pilar
pilau73618521pilau
pilaw103913741pilaw
fila74729132fila_
filar84819292filar
hila76228352hila_
hilar85418142hilar
lilac7311072lilac
pelf97031452pel_f
pia56848032pi_a_
pial65636702pi_al
pian66136092pi_an
pias66542552pi_as
pibal95217322pibal
pica85831492pica_
pical95524372pical
picas94626522picas
pika106322952pika_
pikas114218092pikas
pilaffs15365152pilaffs
pilaus84114132pilaus
pilaws11399432pilaws
pile65649692pil_e
pilea75123952pilea
piled85232992piled
pilei74021782pilei
piles74742612piles
pili66130352pil_i
pilis75825202pilis
pill65339462pil_l
pillar8314022pillar
pills74130972pills
pilot77435062pilot
pilus75921062pilus
pily96132732pil_y
pima85428652pima_
pimas94725102pimas
pina65842632pina_
pinas75434452pinas
pipal95118352pipal
pita65436432pita_
pitas77427672pitas
plan65833942p_lan
plat66048872p_lat
play95928982p_lay
polar75623452polar
pula65129372pula_
tilak91011552tilak

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800511.70331591.3
3Display Results51510.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691512.01388768.5
 
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