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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 “simile” 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.

45 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
simile8311563(None) 
similes92915231similes
simple104315171simple
smile74823921s_mile
dimple113512792dimple
fimble133611752fimble
imide85716892_imide
imine75821062_imine
mile66352572__mile
nimble103412942nimble
pimple123512962pimple
rimple103814582rimple
samiel8313332samiel
samite83020602samite
sample104215012sample
sedile73517232sedile
semple103212752semple
senile63420212senile
sickle124418322sickle
sidle65124032si_dle
sigil63515502sigil_
sigils73912362sigils
silicle937752silicle
simian8811162simian
similar937852similar
simlin8311732simlin
simnel857022simnel
simpler112910862simpler
simples113014942simples
simplex18256392simplex
simply133010522simply
single74520602single
sizzle14309612sizzle
slimily1247712slimily
smiled93716432s_miled
smiler83916682s_miler
smiles84522292s_miles
smiley114012302s_miley
smite75224872s_mite
somite84519372somite
spile75230082s_pile
stile54931572s_tile
virile9313432virile
wimble133211922wimble
wimple133611362wimple

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.21637252.3
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.56269746.7
 
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