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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 “galaxes” 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.

32 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
galaxes153888(None) 
galaxies1637171galaxies
alates64833972_alates
balases93815432balases
calxes154113032cal_xes
calyxes19426232calyxes
flaxes165015352_flaxes
galagos938152galagos
galahs105512682gala_hs
galas65731642gala__s
galatea839972galatea
galateas937152galateas
galax135314462galax__
galaxy17476312galax_y
galeres83514342galeres
gales65442482gal__es
gallates92815532gallates
gallies84122712gallies
galores82614342galores
garages9314112garages
gavages1237682gavages
gelates83219592gelates
glaces94218032g_laces
glades84820342g_lades
glares75518872g_lares
glazes165315642g_lazes
hapaxes1936592hapaxes
laxes125430092__laxes
malates93522612malates
palaces114216462palaces
palates93624942palates
relaxes143215322relaxes

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.12334476.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.51250880.1
 
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