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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forstales” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
stales6553829(None) 
sales56055591s_ales
scales84529311scales
shales94731251shales
spales84728101spales
stables93219071stables
stades74626241stades
stages75629491stages
stakes103927291stakes
stale55637101stale_
staled74728101staled
staler64025821staler
stalest73720171stalest
stalks104614551stalks
stalls64019921stalls
stanes64933401stanes
stapes85028731stapes
staples93617211staples
stares66038751stares
stases64225561stases
states64337081states
staves94525191staves
steles63725661steles
stiles64328761stiles
stoles63927671stoles
styles94418651styles
swales93920761swales
tales55451371_tales

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 Filter178691487550.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit48755280.90653813.5
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691280.999178869.9