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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 “althaea” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
althaea104436(None) 
althaeas1144211althaeas
althea938211alth_ea
altheas1038232altheas
archaea12137612archaea
aether94213673aeth_er
alae45643753al__ae_
albata839333al_bata
algae65319623al_gae_
allheal1044553allheal
aloha8513623aloh__a
alohas9411703aloha_s
alpaca1047383al_paca
alpha1049653alph__a
alphabet1546143alphabet
alphas1139513alpha_s
altar55520643alt_a_r
altars64518153alt_ars
alter54828503alt__er
altered83215743altered
alterer72714003alterer
altho86312603alth__o
althorn1047763althorn
alulae6312743alulae_
antae56828293ant_ae_
anthem113410343anth_em
anther93715063anth_er
aphthae1544703aphthae_
archaeal13115463archaeal
archaean13135163archaean
asthma11126563asth_ma
cithara12166513cithara
earthpea1343423earthpea
gastraea954403gastraea
kithara14145193kithara
lathe85626723lath_e_
lathed104718463lath_ed
lather95124363lath_er
lathes95127503lath_es
lathier10310833lathier
maltha1137513malth__a
malthas1237913maltha_s
thae76825563__thae_

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027437.07618941.1
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691437.49823831.8
 
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