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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 “hirsle” 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.

30 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
hirsle915957(None) 
hirple11158971hirple
hirsel9138681hirsel
hirsled11118111hirsled
hirsles101510071hirsles
aisle55223192ai_sle
birle75023632bir_le
birse74517402birs_e
circle1039702circle
girdle82110462girdle
harslet10315652harslet
hassle93711592hassle
higgle113811742higgle
hirable121612312hirable
hire75538962hir__e
hiree85427802hir_ee
hirpled13157142hirpled
hirples12149642hirples
hirseled12106252hirseled
hirsels10128342hirsels
hirsute1084522hirsute
horse86132652hors_e
horste94817412horste
hurdle103712792hurdle
hurtle93512942hurtle
isle45121702_i_sle
kirtle10309472kirtle
lisle53916722li_sle
virile9313432virile
warsle93112922warsle

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551302.39334496.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691302.74965002.2
 
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