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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 “wale” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
wale7454643(None) 
ale36572341_ale
bale66353841bale
dale55643981dale
gale56347321gale
hale76052831hale
kale86533751kale
male66052291male
pale66055011pale
rale45050561rale
sale44959701sale
swale85221591swale
tale46154161tale
vale74937341vale
wade85237061wade
wae67556951wa_e
wage84834081wage
wake114935701wake
waled94330991waled
waler84229261waler
wales86142831wales
walk115625611walk
wall76236101wall
waly105830901waly
wame95035481wame
wane76344711wane
ware76254721ware
wave105234731wave
whale115517431whale
wile75944371wile
wyle105519381wyle

Search took 2 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 Filter178691139830.203880251.2
2DLD Change Limit13983310.82616928.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691311.045170996.2
 
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