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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 “ilex” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

143 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
ilex11582203(None) 
flex146123471flex
ibex133813481ibex
ilea45931461ilea
lex107943821_lex
plex137321371plex
silex123417411silex
ailed66240282ailed
ale36572342ale_
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
apex137220212apex
biflex1834952biflex
bile66147182bile_
biles75542142biles
bleb85425222bleb
bled75729312bled
blet66247672blet
blew94722432blew
cimex16119132cimex
clef97028182clef
clew95520572clew
culex144613932culex
dex116936882_dex
diplex16408052diplex
ex98835642__ex
file75446642file_
filed95331902filed
filer85433002filer
files85441272files
filet85540162filet
flax147325632flax
flea75628492flea
fled85429772fled
flee76238792flee
flew105824252flew
fley106626852fley
flux145617742flux
gled65631142gled
glee55239062glee
gleg66219802gleg
glen56027202glen
gley85724652gley
hex137436172_hex
ice56737242ice_
iced78721892iced
ices66129642ices
idea59122772idea
idem76121062idem
ides57734232ides
idle55423762idle_
idled74915212idled
idler65015662idler
idles66720122idles
ileac75814172ileac
ileal56118082ileal
ileum74512822ileum
ileus54616892ileus
ilexes134510252ilexes
ilia46026822ilia
ilk78325302il_k
ilka87215152ilka
ilks87218572ilks
ill37437092il_l
iller54821292iller
ills47030422ills
illy76925332illy
index13310982index
inlet53732402inlet
ire36943172ire_
ired55131872ired
ires45639282ires
isle45121702isle_
isled64615992isled
isles54220562isles
islet54527552islet
item65620382item
kex146029582_kex
lax107651522_lax
lea37660182_lea
led46254552_led
lee36068142_lee
leg46446112_leg
lei36846382_lei
lek75640302_lek
les35663072_les
let36481472_let
leu36047402_leu
lev66139422_lev
ley66246812_ley
lez125541312_lez
lie38264522lie_
lied55838092lied
lief76036992lief
lien45339802lien
lier45942462lier
lies46454192lies
lieu46534362lieu
lox108240962_lox
lux106528772_lux
mile66352572mile_
miler75733062miler
miles74645072miles
mirex146816622mirex
oiled64429472oiled
oiler54628282oiler
ole37155212ole_
olea46532722olea
oleo46630482oleo
oles46453472oles
pile65649692pile_
pilea75123952pilea
piled85232992piled
pilei74021782pilei
piles74742612piles
plea66830602plea
pleb86123812pleb
pled75231432pled
plew97222812plew
prex135722972prex
rex105740992_rex
rile45650532rile_
riled65833252riled
riles55343642riles
riley84420582riley
sex107043222_sex
silvex16336722silvex
sled55334372sled
slew76228232slew
telex125214822telex
tile45451442tile_
tiled64832942tiled
tiler56131022tiler
tiles55542102tiles
vex136429172_vex
vile76139802vile_
viler86324162viler
wile75944372wile_
wiled95231552wiled
wiles85437872wiles
ylem9217892ylem

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298721430.92032469.6
3Display Results1431430.0304766.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911431.233144923.8
 
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