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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 “califs” 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.

62 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
califs11491589(None) 
alifs86121261_alifs
calfs104919381cal_fs
calif104929101calif_
kalifs134410981kalifs
aaliis6312902aaliis
alefs87319662_alefs
alias55834602_alias
alif76242142_alif_
cabins104418922cabins
cadis84428502cadi_s
caffs135417372ca_ffs
caids85226422ca_ids
cains75334302ca_ins
calces104420052calces
calcify1735872calcify
calf96339562cal_f_
calices114321692calices
calico103414432calico
calicos113913492calicos
caliph13311402caliph
caliphs1436752caliphs
calix145317352cali_x
calkins133814872calkins
calks115421602cal_ks
callas84526752callas
calls75634732cal_ls
callus85317072callus
calms95222352cal_ms
calos74431902cal_os
calves115119282calves
calxes154113032calxes
canids95118132canids
capias10318352capias
caplins113515992caplins
caries85147622caries
carlins93921912carlins
catlins93818842catlins
caulis85320082cauli_s
cavies114525002cavies
cavils114014392cavils
claims105211572claims
clefs106616242c_lefs
cliff135917132c_liff
cliffs14477592c_liffs
clift106422192c_lift
clifts11519152c_lifts
clips96018302c_lips
coalify1536682coalify
coifs105718702c_oifs
colics104219902colics
colies84837052colies
colins85229042colins
cuifs104814692c_uifs
halids104016132halids
kaifs125715642ka_ifs
kalif125021362kalif_
khalifs1754072khalifs
naifs87617422na_ifs
salify12311372salify
waifs115719872wa_ifs
walies95324522walies

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551622.53332590.2
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691622.67366850.4
 
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