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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 “als” 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.

36 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
als3666302(None) 
aals49941141aals
aas310975391aas
abs59356071abs
ads49755731ads
ags47551661ags
ahs68644821ahs
ails45654711ails
ais39083571ais
al210674041al_
ala312463601ala
alas46358121alas
alb57342651alb
albs68628571albs
ale36572341ale
ales47067101ales
all36148231all
alls46740921alls
alms65834921alms
alp56641131alp
alps65529241alps
also46423441also
alt36467961alt
alts46639901alts
ars37670931ars
as211083071a_s
ass37844061ass
awls75926091awls
ays67050291ays
bals66354041bals
dals57145121dals
els37645721els
gals57946501gals
las37281471las
pals66951351pals
sals46851671sals

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 Limit5146360.09355333.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691360.1691057343.2
 
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