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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 “dalmatian” 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.

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
dalmatian124464(None) 
dalmatians1343561dalmatians
dalmatic1348692dalmati_c
dalmatics1445532dalmatics
palmation13310222palmation
alation72920553_al_ation
balmacaan15111763balmacaan
calmative1647033calmative
calvarian1446863calvarian
daedalian1143353daedalian
daltonian1043913daltonian
damnation1238403damnation
darnation1039823darnation
dealation10313003deal_ation
delation92318083del_ation
dilation92215463dil_ation
haematin13148893haemati_n
halation11313853hal_ation
harmattan1482913harmattan
lallation939493lallation
malarian10311563mal_arian
malvasian14133873malvasian
mammalian1243713mammalian
palatial10410623pal_atial
palmations1438733palmations
palmitin1248053palmiti_n
palpation1339073palpation
saltation9312003saltation
salvation1239293salvation
vallation1239753vallation
valuation1249973valuation

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.43623095.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.87525991.4
 
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