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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 “male” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
male6605229(None) 
ale36572341_ale
bale66353841bale
dale55643981dale
gale56347321gale
hale76052831hale
kale86533751kale
mabe85733341mabe
mace87345781mace
macle96127001macle
made75440231made
mae57659101ma_e
mage75739121mage
maile75232211maile
make105537881make
males75049791males
mall64639361mall
malm85129971malm
malt66254801malt
mane65052011mane
maple95521141maple
mare64759321mare
mate65154211mate
maze155434971maze
mile66352561mile
mole66251831mole
mule65236971mule
pale66055011pale
rale45050561rale
sale44959701sale
tale46154161tale
vale74937341vale
wale74546431wale

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983330.26652567.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691330.342522488.3
 
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