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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 “stellas” 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.

35 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
stellas7281304(None) 
stella63612971stella_
stellar72610431stellar
fellas95116962_fellas
paellas9411412paellas
patellas1039102patellas
scillas9310472scillas
selles64426982s_elles
sells55134432s_ell_s
selvas93812912s_elvas
sheilas1059402sheilas
shellac1236692shellac
shellacs1345572shellacs
shells94319522shell_s
sheltas10279672sheltas
skells105013782skell_s
smells83914742smell_s
snells64614202snell_s
spells84617682spell_s
stalls64019932stall_s
steals64020062steal_s
steels64117982steel_s
stela54019042ste_la_
stelae63716482ste_lae
stelai63912562ste_lai
stelar64013862ste_lar
steles63725662ste_les
stellate8310502stellate
stemmas11256972stemmas
stills64118572still_s
stulls63912982stull_s
swells93913982swell_s
tells55828942_tell_s
tellys9348842_tellys
teslas64212172_teslas

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671353.36032044.9
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.76647448.5
 
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