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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 “koalas” 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.

49 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
koalas10401166(None) 
coalas87418961coalas
koala95112211koala_
kolas94822231ko_las
alas46358122__alas
balas76937212_balas
bolas74733762bo_las
boylas113011722boylas
coala77521122coala_
coals76129602coal_s
colas75436772co_las
doblas93812292doblas
doulas75114992doulas
foals85721692foal_s
galas65731642_galas
goals65521292goal_s
hollas94616902hollas
kaas86531842k_a_as
kabalas133911062kabalas
kakas85117342k_akas
kalam11315112k_alam
kalams12310602k_alams
kales95730982k_ales
kalpas124112942k_alpas
kamalas13339122kamalas
kanas95326912k_anas
kapas116021732k_apas
katas95922092k_atas
kavas125919952k_avas
kiblas1239322kiblas
koans95818622koa_ns
koas85635092ko__as
koels94613902koel_s
kohls12437802kohl_s
kola85124962ko_la_
kolos94921212ko_los
koppas14407602koppas
koras95927112ko_ras
kormas124511232kormas
kraals10378432kraals
molas75132092mo_las
moolas83615592moolas
nalas55528362_nalas
nyalas936902nyalas
ollas54218282_ollas
skoals10438242skoal_s
talas55935892_talas
tolas54532772to_las
woalds10427582woalds

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551492.42334069.7
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691492.77964300.5
 
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