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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 “akela” 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
akela931134(None) 
akelas10311191akelas
abele76323252abele
abelia83114412abelia
aceta74017352aceta
akee85936812ake_e
akees96119242akees
akene95818662akene
ala312463602a__la
alula5317092alula
ameba9312382ameba
anele55628832anele
area45843402are_a
areal55928742areal
areca75618632areca
arena55323812arena
areola6813672areola
arepa75615562arepa
asea46327182ase_a
asyla839332asyla
axel115222072axel_
axels126313632axels
chela103916802chela
favela1237032favela
kea76540922_ke_a
kelp105322812_kelp
kelt85343202_kelt
kola85124972_kola
pakeha1533932pakeha
skell94915832skell
skelm114211292skelm
skelp114211422skelp
stela54019042stela
tela45532972_tela
vela75725542_vela

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800351.67332157.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691351.99989390.2
 
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