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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 “aliens” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

103 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
aliens6561921(None) 
alien56425581alien_
aligns75312951aligns
alines65735221alines
liens56525501_liens
ablins8316192abli_ns
adieus739632adieus
ains46158882a_i_ns
airns55521032a_irns
alans55636172al_ans
alders74218422alders
alecs76620732al_ecs
alefs87319662al_efs
ales47067102al_e_s
algins74816432algins
alias55834602ali_as
alibis8311072alibis
aliened81011742aliened
alienee71013152alienee
alienees8118652alienees
aliener71011192aliener
alieners889822alieners
alienism1047732alienism
alienist8411992alienist
alienly1037502alienly
alienor7116302alienor
alienors8136732alienors
alifs86121262ali_fs
align65016502align_
aliment9316702aliment
aliments10311092aliments
aline57243152ali_ne
alined75221402alined
aliner65621982aliner
aliners74717722aliners
alipeds10386792alipeds
aliyas93911802aliyas
aliyos9349532aliyos
alkene104114002alkene
alkenes114212752alkenes
alkies104518092alkie_s
alkines114415732alkines
allees64521482allees
alleys95113302alleys
allies63827672allie_s
almehs11619492almehs
almes75126542alme_s
aloes54933672aloe_s
aloins65022202aloins
alpines94016192alpines
alters64924222alters
amens75624842a_mens
amies76837692amie_s
amines84727982amines
amins75534322ami_ns
anions64123032anions
ariels65119372ariels
arpens84814822arpens
aspens85013352aspens
avens86419332a_vens
avians93711562avians
avions94114392avions
axions134713482axions
ayins85321612ayi_ns
azines155517072azines
baleens938472baleens
client8316342client
clients938092clients
clines84926042clines
fliers94417192fliers
flies85630712flie_s
glens66519852gl_ens
kalians11310182kalians
ladens74516232ladens
latens64620212latens
lens46146492_l_ens
lien45339802_lien_
liers55130402_liers
lies46454192_lie_s
lieus56218482_lieus
likens105613702_likens
limens84618032_limens
limns75718392_limns
linens64818392_linens
lines57054572_lines
linns56123332_linns
lins47059052_li_ns
lions55923212_lions
livens94314892_livens
maligns1038132maligns
malines93625602malines
miens76118302_miens
oleins6313522oleins
pliers84715152pliers
plies74526512plie_s
salient7419762salient
salients839562salients
salines74029412salines
sapiens9310172sapiens
talions7314112talions
triens65417542triens
valines104520212valines
walies95324522walie_s

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit825511032.61031628.7
3Display Results1031030.0462239.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911032.98659842.9
 
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