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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 “callaloos” 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.

25 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
callaloos114422(None) 
callaloo1044901callaloo_
wallaroos1244112wallaroos
ballyhoos1743093ballyhoos
cachalots1645113cachalots
calaboose1343283ca_laboose
calathos1347523ca_lathos
calculous1344793calculous
callans94518473calla__ns
callants104112143calla_nts
callas84526753calla___s
callboys1585183call_boys
callous93516603ca_l_lous
calvados1444813calva_dos
cataloes10311653ca_taloes
catalogs1148033ca_talogs
catalos9414163ca_tal_os
cattaloes1146183cattaloes
cattalos1037933cattal_os
cellulous1144353cellulous
collators11410343collators
fallals103310193fallal__s
halloos103716743ha_l_loos
palladous1244653palladous
wallaroo1144613wallaroo_

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641257.12320867.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.31224438.0
 
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