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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 “almeh” 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.

46 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
almeh10621455(None) 
almah106917251almah
alme65832161alme_
almehs11619491almehs
almes75126541almes
acme86924322acme_
acmes96020652acmes
admen84516182admen
aimed85626052aimed
aimer75926822aimer
alae45643752alae_
alder65421912alder
ale36572342al_e_
alec66430062al_ec
alee46652322al_ee
alef76340692al_ef
aleph10311392aleph
ales47067102al_es
alien56425582alien
allee54932122allee
alley85721672alley
alma66333022alm_a
almahs118611612almahs
almas76629772almas
almner85710722almner
alms65834922alm_s
almud84012182almud
almug8429302almug
aloe45540192aloe_
aloes54933672aloes
alter54828502alter
amah98927492a_mah
amen66733152a_men
armed86324432armed
armer76924442armer
armet76739452armet
axmen145112272axmen
calmed114816382calmed
calmer105216932calmer
lame66849292lame_
lamed85235292lamed
lamedh12476362lamedh
lamer75233702lamer
lames75445542lames
palmed114314642palmed
palmer105816542palmer

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800461.58034050.6
3Display Results46460.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691461.673106808.7
 
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