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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 “palazzo” 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.

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
palazzo174308(None) 
palazzi1742991palazzi
palazzos1842561palazzos
pazazz1554022pazazz_
alamo7418143_ala_mo
calando1037383calando
galago838913gala_go
palabra1137193palabra
palace104516923pala_ce
palaced124110783palaced
palaces114216463palaces
paladin101011773paladin
palais8420423pala_is
palapa10310673pala_pa
palapas11311493palapas
palatal9310153palatal
palate84226793pala_te
palates93624943palates
palaver1238753palaver
paparazzo2151223paparazzo
paramo102614653para_mo
parlando1145413parlando
pazazzes1752343pazazzes
piazza1643823p_iazza
piazze1634683p_iazze
pizazz1554223pizazz_
pizazzy1952243pizazzy
plaza164311063p_la_za
plazas17409913p_lazas

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027296.99619157.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691297.41824088.8
 
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