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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 “els” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
els3764572(None) 
als36663021als
bels66142491bels
cels65534971cels
dels56745471dels
eds46638921eds
eels46536741eels
efs66829601efs
el26745291el_
eld46733791eld
elds56324851elds
elf66138521elf
elk76726121elk
elks85820031elks
ell36735681ell
ells46431351ells
elm57531741elm
elms67322701elms
else45923081else
ems56435491ems
ens37245921ens
ers36046281ers
es29048221e_s
ess36030881ess
gels56836101gels
les35663071les
mels65941531mels
sels46345981sels
tels46841691tels

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 Filter17869151460.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit5146290.5938677.9
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691290.719248527.1
 
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