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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 “palefaces” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
palefaces164530(None) 
paleface1545341paleface_
falsefaces1851752falsefaces
palaces114216462pal__aces
prefaces15311062p_refaces
amesaces1246693_amesaces
baldfaced1882413baldfaced
balefires1444803balefires
barefaced1743693barefaced
boldfaces1793223boldfaces
califates14310113califates
catfaces1536963ca_tfaces
defaces133213403__defaces
falseface1751543falseface_
forefaces1747133forefaces
fullfaces1742633fullfaces
kalifates1646133kalifates
maleates103316343male_ates
opalesces1343993opale_sces
palace104516923pal__ace_
palaced124110783pal__aced
palates93624943pal__ates
paleae84820293pale_a_e_
paleate94120003pale_ate_
palettes103112833pale_ttes
paleways1645833palewa_ys
palisades1245613palisades
palliates11311033palliates
palpates122613063pal_pates
peaces106324083p__e_aces
places104323703p_l__aces
pleaches153210433p_le_aches
pleases94515483p_le_ases
pleiades1145753p_leiades
poleaxes1767273pole_axes
postfaces1656273postfaces
preface14510923p_reface_
prefaced1638423p_refaced
prefacer1537983p_refacer
prefacers1636293p_refacers
prefades1439533p_refades
refaces123216743__refaces
telefaxes1943813telefaxes
typefaces1942523typefaces
valences1388513vale_nces
valerates12310543valerates

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641466.42023152.8
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691466.84226116.8
 
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