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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 “waltz” 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.

48 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
waltz1761547(None) 
alt36467962_alt_
alto47831262_alto
alts46639902_alts
halt76056302halt_
halts85230102halts
halutz1868852halutz
malt66254812malt_
malts76331752malts
malty106721702malty
salt45758522salt_
salts55431882salts
salty85524382salty
waft106139002waft_
wafts116920552wafts
wait75553692wait_
waits88333522waits
wale74546432wal_e
waled94330992waled
waler84229262waler
wales86142832wales
walk115625612wal_k
walks126218502walks
wall76236102wal_l
walla85321032walla
walls85529382walls
wally114625092wally
waltzed2033492waltzed
waltzer1934382waltzer
waltzes1935952waltzes
waly105830902wal_y
want76156172want_
wants87932212wants
wart77866082wart_
warts814840402warts
warty119323822warty
wast75655852wast_
waste86125052waste
wasts87433672wasts
wat67378922wa_t_
wats77555882wa_ts
watt75545412wa_tt
watts86923092watts
wealth12379222wealth
welt75547862welt_
welts85225192welts
wilt76246292wilt_
wilts85023502wilts

Search took 7 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 Filter178691538001.030173486.4
2DLD Change Limit53800485.6569512.0
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691486.70226662.3
 
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