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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 “swell” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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95 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
swell8481598(None) 
dwell9519851dwell
sell45840611s_ell
shell84424121shell
skell94915831skell
smell74916231smell
snell54517301snell
spell75020301spell
swells93913981swells
swill83417371swill
well75832041_well
bell66237182_bell
cell65031722_cell
dell56938202_dell
dwells10417712dwells
dwelt94316522dwelt
ell36735682__ell
fell76833072_fell
hell75637892_hell
jell117125872_jell
knell94210922knell
kvell12436692kvell
mell64935612_mell
quell144311432quell
sall44544682s_all
scall74420372scall
scull75315762scull
seal45654372s_eal
seel45042982s_eel
seels55632822seels
seely84522632seely
sel38253322s_e_l
self75138292s_elf
selle54428312s_elle
sells55134432s_ells
sels46345982s_els
shall85024052shall
sheal84927702sheal
shelf115221112shelf
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
sheol84318372sheol
shill85325332shill
sill45545152s_ill
skells105013782skells
skelm114211292skelm
skelp114211422skelp
skill94316722skill
skull94812032skull
small74016262small
smells83914742smells
smelly114110362smelly
smelt74726782smelt
snells64614202snells
spall74919302spall
speel74420762speel
speil75618642speil
spells84617682spells
spelt75430192spelt
spill74821162spill
stall54722352stall
steal56125472steal
steel55721992steel
stela54019042stela
stele55026842stele
stella63612972stella
still54922082still
stull54916272stull
swail86217162swail
swale85221592swale
swear85316852swear
sweat85628402sweat
swede94413202swede
sweep104715722sweep
sweer84918572sweer
sweet85330522sweet
swelled113211702swelled
sweller103012472sweller
swept105720602swept
swills94213362swills
swirl84514142swirl
tell44934702_tell
twill85612722twill
unwell9349442unwell
upswell1242722upswell
upwell11285802upwell
wall76236102_wall
weal75838682_weal
weel75834082_weel
weld84727732_weld
wells85426192_wells
welly114620012_welly
welt75547862_welt
will75737512_will
yell76028322_yell

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800952.47021781.4
3Display Results95950.0165937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691952.81263545.9
 
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