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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 “psalms” 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.

35 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
psalms104567(None) 
palms94921751p_alms
psalm949271psalm_
alms65834922__alms
balms95723922_balms
calms95222352_calms
halms105225212_halms
malms95021552_malms
pales75753802p_ales
palls74332562p_alls
palm85331362p_alm_
palmy126016732p_almy
palps94719562p_alps
pals66951352p_al_s
pams85641762p_a_ms
peals75235492peal_s
plasms103711332plasms
praams10459642praams
prams96125512pra_ms
psalmed1234502psalmed
psalmic1345332psalmic
psalmist1276352psalmist
qualms17317242qualms
realms84913492realms
sales56055592_sales
salmi7815862_salmi
salmis8514272_salmis
salps74423242_salps
sals46851672_sal_s
salts55431882_salts
slams74927902_slams
spales84728102spales
spalls84217342spalls
spams94922192spa_ms
spasms10418972spasms

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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551352.47033421.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.82663231.1
 
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