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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 “paltry” 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.

39 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
paltry11491040(None) 
pantry115014101pantry
pastry114913031pastry
peltry11288651peltry
psaltry12213801psaltry
alary86123442_alary
calory11312842calory
gantry103810112gantry
malty106721702malt_y
palely11311932palely
paler75436932paler_
palfrey1533342palfrey
pally105727122pal_ly
palmary14338552palmary
palmy126016732pal_my
palsy105417462pal_sy
palter84423262palter
palters94021682palters
paltrily1345412paltrily
paly95835532pal__y
panfry14456412panfry
panty105929302pant_y
papery134812742papery
parry105323752pa_rry
partly116315472partly
party106630612part_y
pasty105725052past_y
patly105020582pa_tly
patsy105717202pa_tsy
patty104723612pa_tty
paty95234562pa_t_y
platy105021662plat_y
poetry1139382poetry
poultry1235382poultry
psaltery13224732psaltery
salary9515212salary
salty85524382salt_y
sultry938462sultry
wastry12388772wastry

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 Limit82551392.51632810.4
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691392.85962501.2
 
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