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

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77 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
scalelike154525(None) 
shalelike1645881shalelike
cagelike1537722_cagelike
calflike1735152_calflike
cavelike1738212_cavelike
saltlike1237252s_altlike
scablike1635552sca_blike
seallike12108322seal_like
slatelike1346152slatelike
snakelike1244292snakelike
stagelike1445342stagelike
stalklike1243902stalklike
whalelike1943992whalelike
apelike13310533__apelike
balmlike1655353_balmlike
bladelike1643833bladelike
camellike1745063_camellike
catlike132712933_ca_tlike
clamlike1635163_clamlike
clawlike1733913_clawlike
claylike1734463_claylike
cokelike1336813_cokelike
crapelike1744933crapelike
cultlike1434933_cultlike
flamelike1845063flamelike
gablelike1643663gablelike
gamelike1538033_gamelike
gatelike1337933_gatelike
gladelike1544153gladelike
grapelike1644663grapelike
gravelike1744513gravelike
halolike1537403_halolike
harelike1539613_harelike
icelike1337173ic__elike
jadelike2035993_jadelike
lacelike1438493_lacelike
lakelike1137383_lakelike
maplelike1744203maplelike
mazelike2336463_mazelike
palmlike1656043_palmlike
platelike1546143platelike
saberlike1544973s_aberlike
sacklike1337303s_acklike
saclike131210123s_a_clike
sandlike1339713s_andlike
sawlike14138443s_a_wlike
scaleless1135513scaleless
scalene9310773scale__ne
scaleni936883scaleni__
scallion1046793scal_lion
scapolite1346243scapolite
scheelite1444203scheelite
sclerite10410713sc_lerite
scolecite1345653scolecite
screwlike1843303screwlike
scumlike1644353sc_umlike
seamlike14127183sea_mlike
sharklike1543933sharklike
shelflike1943123shelflike
silklike1135523s_ilklike
slablike1435673sla_blike
smokelike1443493smokelike
snaglike1335283sna_glike
snaillike1343773snaillike
soaplike1436903soa_plike
soullike1236813soul_like
sparlike1437673spa_rlike
spikelike14103873spikelike
spinelike1585353spinelike
stairlike1344753stairlike
starlike1238813sta_rlike
swanlike1535313swa_nlike
tapelike1437493_tapelike
tilelike1237053_tilelike
valvelike1943683_valvelike
vaselike1536993_vaselike
wavelike1836613_wavelike

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641776.81321817.3
3Display Results77770.0332333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691777.26624592.8
 
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