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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 “wellee” 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
welled103820211welled
wellie92814911wellie
allee54932122_allee
belle75827832bell_e
belled94626192belled
belleek1347242belleek
belles85325992belles
callee84327292callee
cellae84915932cellae
celled94420322celled
dwelled12337592dwelled
dweller11297272dweller
felled103720302felled
feller94419552feller
felloe93513922felloe
gelee63626982ge_lee
gelled84718892gelled
helled104024702helled
heller93322512heller
jelled144916062jelled
mallee84525592mallee
melee73729102me_lee
melled95023022melled
nellie63614812nellie
pellet83326552pellet
pollee83623272pollee
selle54428312sell_e
seller63824602seller
selles64426982selles
swelled113211702swelled
sweller103012472sweller
teller63519822teller
walled104021292walled
wallet93327092wallet
walleye1336242walleye
wallie93216802wallie
weewee12310092weewee
welded114013382welded
welder102914412welder
well75832042well__
wellies103719072wellies
wells85426192well_s
welly114620012well_y
welted103715822welted
welter93417382welter
willed104722452willed
willer94021062willer
willet95124832willet
willie94116452willie
yelled104116252yelled
yeller94214512yeller

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551512.20337472.1
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.56269746.7
 
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