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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 “palooka” 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.

55 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
palooka134450(None) 
palookas1443841palookas
talooka1143491talooka
bazooka2242622bazooka
talookas1243112talookas
alaska1036713_alaska
alodia71112453_alodia
aloha8513623_al_oha
aloof83521573_aloo_f
appaloosa1351243appaloosa
balboa10389963balbo_a
bazookas2341903bazookas
galoot72719163galoo_t
galoots82410793galoots
halloa94918123hallo_a
hooka125513903__hooka
loofa85912813__loofa
look87333473__look_
looks95124863__looks
padlock1665813padlock_
padlocks1755473padlocks
padouk1336683padouk_
padouks1434873padouks
pagoda10487873pa_goda
pakora1247283pa_kora
palabra1137193palabra
palapa10310673pal_apa
palea75028663pal__ea
palikar1335453pal_ikar
pallia83015593pal_lia
pallor8313673pallo_r
pallors9314363pallors
palmyra1444143palmyra
pandora1039543pandora
panocha1444983panocha
papoose1147513papoose
paprika1544003paprika
parka115120883pa__rka
partook1337313partook_
pavlova1542113pavlova
payola11208113pa_yola
peloria9310953peloria
pelota8612833pel_ota
plonk114613983p_lonk_
plonks124210423p_lonks
polka11310413p__olka
polyoma1447023polyoma
relook104813743relook_
relooks114010723relooks
saloon64418023saloo_n
saloons74415323saloons
saloop84212583saloo_p
saloops93510133saloops
taluka10426773tal_uka
valonia1048303valonia

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027556.90619407.3
3Display Results55550.0301833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691557.34224338.2
 
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