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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 “catalogue” 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.

30 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
catalogue125445(None) 
catalogued1473031catalogued
cataloguer1372951cataloguer
catalogues1364341catalogues
analogue9136252_analogue
catalog1038002catalog__
cataloged1365302cataloged
cataloger1265352cataloger
catalogic1446682catalogic
catalogs1148032catalog_s
cataloguers1482092cataloguers
magalogue1352802magalogue
analogues10126183_analogues
apologue1144803_apologue
cantaloup13154283cantalo_up
cantaloupe14132463cantaloupe
catalase1039223catal_ase
catalo8314853catalo___
cataloes10311653catalo_es
catalogers1374443catalogers
cataloging1444953cataloging
cataloguing1552303cataloguing
catalos9414163catalo__s
catalyze2245623catal_yze
collogue1145473c_ollogue
decalogue1343253decalogue
dialogue1044793_dialogue
idealogue1152493idealogue
magalogues1452813magalogues
trialogue1042743trialogue

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641306.85621680.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.29524495.0
 
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