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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 “alcahest” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

53 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
alcahest134535(None) 
alcahests1442501alcahests
alkahest1554021alkahest
alcades101011472alcades_
alkahests1641972alkahests
almagest1146232almagest
aches106132293a_c_hes_
achiest12315193a_chiest
acquest1837173a_cquest
acutest94410603a_cutest
alates64833973al_ates_
alcade91111513alcade__
alcaics1137023alcaics_
alcaides11117673alcaides_
alcaldes11114983alcaldes_
alcaydes14133723alcaydes_
alchemist1645923alc_hemist
alchemy1743113alc_hemy
alcoves1297883alcoves_
alertest8310173alertest
aliases7914493aliases_
alkahestic1951803alkahestic
alkanes113812933alkanes_
alkanet113714433alkane_t
alkanets12366233alkanets
almagests1242613almagests
almahs118611613almah_s_
anapest9311563a_napest
apaches143411843apaches_
arbalest1039523arbalest
arcades101113193arcades_
archaist1349863archaist
arches114822043arc_hes_
blackest16269303blackest
bleakest1436283bleakest
blithest1338083blithest
chest104926143__c_hest
cleanest10310293cleanest
clearest1038653clearest
flushest14338553flushest
gauchest1436293gauc_hest
halachist17136603halachist
laches116528353lac_hes_
laciest93819043lac_iest
lamest84722763_l_amest
latest63822703_l_atest
laxest134913363_l_axest
leanest7415863_leanest
lithest10513913_lithest
lushest103312283_lushest
plushest13328283plushest
richest122813683ric_hest
slackest14289403slackest

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162536.73321708.3
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691537.15524974.3
 
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