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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 “salary” 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.

53 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
salary951521(None) 
alary86123441_alary
alar46340072_alar_
alarm76621422_alarm
calory11312842calory
calvary1537182calvary
canary11314692canary
clary105719612_clary
datary10310242datary
galaxy17476312galaxy
glary96018542_glary
malady1237862malady
malar76424442malar_
malarky1645432malarky
malars85020682malars
palmary14338552palmary
paltry114910402paltry
psaltry12213802psaltry
safari91110222safari
salaam8711012salaam
salably121610742salably
salad65321832sala_d
salads75316962salads
salal55425702sala_l
salals65120082salals
salami8313102salami
salify12311372salify
salivary1444732salivary
sally85129712sal_ly
salty85524382sal_ty
salutary1145112salutary
samara8313852samara
satara6315532satara
satay84718462sata_y
saury84317222sa_ury
savory124310562savory
scalar83612432scalar_
scalare93311832scalare
scalars93711902scalars
scary105222592s_cary
sealery104011052sealery
senary93716072senary
slaty86523152s_laty
slay76436382s_la_y
smeary114110802smeary
solar55927342solar_
splay105816042spla_y
sudary1038702sudary
sugary1039012sugary
sultry938462sultry
talar56225382talar_
talars66021682talars
vagary1337332vagary

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.31335690.0
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691532.67266875.4
 
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