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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 “wallah” 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.

34 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
wallah12401199(None) 
hallah124115401hallah
walla85321031walla_
wallahs13409471wallahs
wallas95719391wallas
allay85620392_allay
almah106917252_almah
ballad94315322ballad
calla74827072calla_
callan83619602callan
callas84526752callas
challah15458322challah
fallal93612692fallal
fellah124910772fellah
galah95917642ga_lah
halalah13429392halalah
hallahs133912462hallahs
hallal94415562hallal
halvah15499832halvah
lallan63414172lallan
mollah11319452mollah
mullah113710732mullah
nullah9388142nullah
wall76236102wall__
wallaby1535072wallaby
walled104021292walled
wallet93327092wallet
wallie93216802wallie
wallop113310292wallop
wallow123913512wallow
walls85529382wall_s
wally114625092wall_y
waylay1535452waylay
zillah1836562zillah

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.17038041.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.54670185.0
 
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