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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 “alas” 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
alas4635812(None) 
aals49941141aals
aas310975391a_as
abas68642081abas
agas55938841agas
ala312463601ala_
alae45643751alae
alan46844081alan
alans55636171alans
alar46340071alar
albas75925391albas
albs68628571albs
ales47067101ales
alfas87219041alfas
algas65624931algas
alias55834601alias
alls46740921alls
almas76629771almas
alms65834921alms
alps65529241alps
als36663021al_s
alts46639901alts
amas67746291amas
anas46649861anas
anlas55626931anlas
atlas55821581atlas
balas76937211balas
galas65731641galas
las37281471_las
nalas55528361nalas
talas55935891talas

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit13983310.28349409.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691310.393454684.5
 
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