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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 “appel” 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.

85 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
appel9461589(None) 
appal95315221appal
appeal103911611appeal
appels104312791appels
apple94517671apple
rappel104211951rappel
amped104820512amped
ample94720302ample
ampul91110852ampul
angel65019562angel
ape57251182a_pe_
aped78538152a_ped
apeek114711872apeek
aper66336232a_per
apes66047432a_pes
apex137220212a_pex
apnea73413412apnea
apneal83411122apneal
app76827602app__
appall10379742appall
appals104812942appals
apparel1146002apparel
appeals11378672appeals
appear10379342appear
append1138272append
apples104315762apples
applet105917432applet
apply125111392apply
apps86319692app_s
apres75426402apres
apse67725382apse_
apses76823912apses
apter76120202apter
ariel55228972ariel
arpen74418042arpen
artel56122742artel
aspen75216092aspen
asper75520432asper
axel115222072a_xel
capped134721852capped
capper124421982capper
carpel105418472carpel
cupel9514302cupel
dapped124516762dapped
dapper114016632dapper
dapple1138852dapple
expel1448232expel
gapped124217122gapped
happed144820102happed
happen134812192happen
impel95711772impel
lapel73716682lapel
lapped114320032lapped
lapper104319952lapper
lappet103817732lappet
mapped134015882mapped
mapper124516092mapper
nappe96114992nappe_
napped114218162napped
napper103718282napper
nappes104515622nappes
panel76023622panel
papal95820672papal
paper95128662paper
peel65535612_peel
rapped114122682rapped
rappee103618672rappee
rappels11448802rappels
rappen103512712rappen
rapper104621572rapper
repel74921402repel
sapped114422012sapped
sapper103822352sapper
speel74420762speel
spiel74623912spiel
tapped113820052tapped
tapper104419612tapper
tappet103820112tappet
upped103715162upped
upper93714262upper
wapped144416472wapped
yapped144415142yapped
yapper133714512yapper
zapped204213522zapped
zapper193414022zapper

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.59333772.8
3Display Results85850.0302833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691851.91993116.7
 
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