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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 “chalk” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

117 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
chalk14481460(None) 
calk105527661c_alk
chalks155412141chalks
chalky18468771chalky
chark144222711chark
balk105132222_balk
bechalk1845802bechalk
calf96339562c_alf
calks115421602c_alks
call66838672c_all
calm85032362c_alm
calo64936442c_alo
calx135722792c_alx
cark105539272c_ark
cask105626432c_ask
caulk115315452caulk
chabuk1734672chabuk
chad105525502cha_d
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chaff165016282chaff
chai95929902cha_i
chain105723672chain
chair105519632chair
chais107530312chais
chalah143511662chalah
chaleh143711992chaleh
chalet113825992chalet
chalked17449862chalked
challa114014192challa
chally144314292chally
chalot113020132chalot
cham115532312cha_m
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chao95727312cha_o
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492cha_p
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
char95132152cha_r
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
charka154011702charka
charks155219702charks
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chase105127122chase
chasm125518792chasm
chat95546132cha_t
chats105730092chats
chaw126224632cha_w
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872cha_y
chays135319742chays
check164714712check
cheek145115712cheek
chela103916802chela
chick165419132chick
child114516222child
chile105626892chile
chili106218482chili
chill105619872chill
chink145321592chink
chirk144516182chirk
chock164316612chock
chola104718032chola
cholo105217972cholo
chook146015042chook
chuck164814872chuck
chunk144812382chunk
chyle134913482chyle
clack134720172clack
clank114719522clank
coal66939252coal_
coala77521122coala
coals76129602coals
coaly105521592coaly
crack134120532crack
crank114819612crank
dhak125512032dha_k
dhal86719282dhal_
dhals95415442dhals
hack135134542_hack
haik115526982_haik
hale76052832_hale
half106238452_half
hall75741162_hall
halm95834972_halm
halo76437322_halo
halt76056302_halt
hank115134142_hank
hark115237392_hark
hawk145521152_hawk
holk116027942_holk
hulk115321612_hulk
shack145321752shack
shale85332832shale
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
shank125422192shank
shark126225022shark
stalk94518002stalk
talk86230092_talk
thack144915172thack
thank125817802thank
walk115625612_walk
whack174813022whack
whale115517432whale
whelk154311062whelk

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001171.58034050.6
3Display Results1171170.0303900.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911171.92392923.0
 
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