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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 “elapsed” 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.

28 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
elapsed105610(None) 
elapse857521elapse_
elapses957661elapses
lapsed94712581_lapsed
relapsed1136521relapsed
clapped143511172clapped
clasped123610442clasped
classed104113652classed
eased65430402e_a_sed
eclipsed1343472eclipsed
elapid939542elap_id
elated74725822ela_ted
eloped95914142elop_ed
erased74816752era_sed
exapted1736072exapted
flapped15328252flapped
glassed93710432glassed
lapped114320032_lapped
lapse74917682_lapse_
lapser84113142_lapser
lapses85217692_lapses
lased65132342_la_sed
leaped94317772leap_ed
leased74722882lea_sed
relapse947702relapse_
relapser1035272relapser
relapses1038032relapses
slapped123511842slapped

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671283.23333303.7
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691283.37652929.8
 
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