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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 “ala” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
ala31246360(None) 
aa219179951a_a
aal39058671aal
aba512850951aba
aga410447231aga
aha611246641aha
al210674041al_
alae45643751alae
alan46844081alan
alar46340071alar
alas46358121alas
alb57342651alb
alba68328331alba
ale36572341ale
alfa77624271alfa
alga57927601alga
all36148231all
alma66333021alma
alp56641131alp
als36663021als
alt36467961alt
ama510853301ama
ana39559821ana
ava610139321ava
awa611939671awa
gala55635161gala
la219261631_la
nala46930391nala
tala45938051tala

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146290.09355333.3
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691290.1561145455.1
 
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