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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 “ralph” 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
ralph107874(None) 
ralphs1135371ralphs
aleph10311392_aleph
alp56641132_alp_
alpha1049652_alpha
alps65529242_alps
caliph13311402caliph
caph116623292ca_ph
galah95917642galah
graph115315612gra_ph
kaliph1537872kaliph
kalpa114512192kalpa
kaph135815752ka_ph
palp85828572palp_
palpi95414552palpi
palps94719562palps
rah68052402ra__h
rajah155711422rajah
rale45050562ral_e
rales54947492rales
rally84725902rally
ralphed1334362ralphed
ramp85934002ramp_
ramps96224632ramps
ranch105019792ranch
rap56261962ra_p_
rape65041632ra_pe
raphe104916422ra_phe
raps66247732ra_ps
rapt67245312ra_pt
rash76039932ra_sh
rasp66029162rasp_
rasps74316662rasps
raspy106511702raspy
ratch104221362ratch
rath76037662ra_th
rayah116013502rayah
salp64534092salp_
salpa75018352salpa
salps74423242salps
sylph1347792sylph

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800411.50035866.7
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691411.81298615.3
 
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