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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 “malign” 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.

41 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
malign93985(None) 
align65016501_align
maligns1038131maligns
algin65718762_algin
alien56425582_alien
aligns75312952_aligns
baling94829692baling
haling104229782haling
kalian10312162kalian
macing114221552macing
magian9312832magian
mailing102923342mailing
main65345522ma_i_n
making134823852making
malic94525662mali_c
malice104818482malice
maligned1285772maligned
maligner11115332maligner
malignly1444682malignly
maline84529082maline
malison939692malison
malkin122913152malkin
malling103623662malling
malting103219082malting
margin94016852margin
marlin84220902marli_n
marling103322762marling
matin75132852mati_n
mating94832912mating
mauling103315682mauling
mavin105722952mavi_n
mawing124020802mawing
maxing164817072maxing
maying124421152maying
mazing184418972mazing
misalign1146432misalign
muling93519882muling
paling93530132paling
realign838762realign
talion6317712talion
waling104525302waling

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit82551414.23319501.8
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691414.98535845.7
 
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