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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 “mellow” 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
mellow11411222(None) 
bellow114213351bellow
fellow123712741fellow
mallow114014741mallow
mellows123812231mellows
yellow12429881yellow
allow85420662_allow
bellows124313302bellows
below104617192be_low
billow114111222billow
callow114714662callow
cello74919582cello_
cellos84517802cellos
elbow10117702_elbow
fallow124713852fallow
felloe93513922felloe
fellows134212432fellows
follow124010352follow
hallow124818322hallow
hello86522982hello_
hellos95321682hellos
hollow124212662hollow
jello126716272jello_
jellos134714282jellos
mallows123714322mallows
meadow1237402meadow
melilot9311082melilot
mell64935612mell__
melled95023022melled
mellowed14166922mellowed
mellower13167402mellower
mellowly16254002mellowly
mells75031332mell_s
melon73922082me_lon
melton8311552melton
meow95117882me__ow
merlon83012352merlon
merlot83217602merlot
pillow113110572pillow
reflow12379652reflow
reglow10339402reglow
replow114210342replow
sallow94315752sallow
tallow93714202tallow
unmellow1342242unmellow
wallow123913512wallow
willow12369692willow
yellows13329602yellows
yellowy16255692yellowy

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.43633887.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.78264231.1
 
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