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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 “palest” 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.

103 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
palest8392622(None) 
halest94823271halest
pales75753801pales_
palet74650801pale_t
palets85122311palets
paliest93021601paliest
ablest84721832ablest
alert54740652_alert
ales47067102_ales_
alist56136782_alist
aptest82917512aptest
baldest102313532baldest
bales76250082bales_
barest85327692barest
basest84720492basest
blest76431722_blest
calesa8412472calesa
calmest11312342calmest
dales66439742dales_
falsest10310012falsest
gales65442482gales_
gamest94919922gamest
gayest104314332gayest
hales85449842hales_
idlest74014862idlest
illest63615722illest
kales95730982kales_
lamest84722762lamest
latest63822702latest
laxest134913362laxest
lest46956322__lest
males75049792males_
mayest114614792mayest
molest85022742molest
paces96741112paces_
paciest112917802paciest
padles95221122padles_
pages85235072pages_
pale66055012pale__
palea75028662pale_a
paleae84820292paleae
paleal84716672paleal
paleate94120002paleate
paled85538722pale_d
palely11311922palely
paler75436932pale_r
palestra1045882palestra
paletot9413712paletot
palette93613982palette
palish114718272palish
pallet84232652pallet
pallets93919302pallets
palliest102814632palliest
palls74332562palls_
palmiest123212022palmiest
palmist112814342palmist
palms94921752palms_
palps94719562palps_
pals66951352pal_s_
palsy105417462pal_sy
panes76148692panes_
papist102618742papist
parent83230422parent
pares77164482pares_
parles86334402parles_
pases75346502pases_
past65959012pa__st
patent84524922patent
pates76047892pates_
paves104833922paves_
paxes144928422paxes_
peles75738082peles_
pest65555292p__est
piles74742612piles_
pleat74734472p_leat
poles75351002poles_
prest75736352p_rest
priest84125422priest
pules74538812pules_
purest84021932purest
rales54947492rales_
rarest65725482rarest
rawest93615062rawest
realest73322432realest
safest95016602safest
sagest74920262sagest
sales56055592sales_
saltest71916512saltest
sanest64426692sanest
sayest94217742sayest
spales84728102spales_
sparest94616422sparest
stalest73720172stalest
talent6323322talent
tales55451372tales_
tallest7317092tallest
tamest85721292tamest
vales85434262vales_
valet84337872vale_t
valets93715622valets
vilest9416842vilest
wales86142832wales_
yarest95018912yarest

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511032.76329877.3
3Display Results1031030.0333121.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911032.90661490.4
 
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