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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 “tells” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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251 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
tells5582894(None) 
bells76432161bells
cells75428061cells
dells66630941dells
ells46431351_ells
fells85327381fells
hells85032041hells
jells125522161jells
mells75031331mells
sells55134431sells
talls55133431talls
teals56234131teals
teels55726371teels
teles54536001teles
tell44934701tell_
telly84920821telly
tellys9348841tellys
telos55424521telos
tels46841691te_ls
tills54631711tills
tolls54728431tolls
wells85426191wells
yells85821941yells
alls46740922_alls
atolls65511352atolls
balls76236412balls
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
belles85325992belles
belly104625492belly
bels66142492be_ls
belts75931162belts
bills75632862bills
bolls75531312bolls
bulls75629572bulls
calls75634732calls
ceils75019402ceils
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cellos84517802cellos
cels65534972ce_ls
celts75325782celts
culls75425812culls
deals65435342deals
deils65722862deils
deles65139252deles
delfs94918672delfs
delis64928542delis
dell56938202dell_
delly96023872delly
dels56745472de_ls
delts65731792delts
dills65530972dills
dolls66126922dolls
dulls64523742dulls
dwells10417712dwells
eels46536742_eels
elds56324862_elds
elks85820032_elks
ell36735682_ell_
elms67322702_elms
els37645722_e_ls
falls85727652falls
feels85223042feels
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fellas95116962fellas
felly114922802felly
felts85324542felts
fills84632372fills
fulls84623522fulls
galls64729322galls
gelds75118342gelds
gels56836102ge_ls
gelts65924612gelts
gills64728192gills
gulls65222982gulls
halls85633782halls
heals85733462heals
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hellos95321682hellos
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helps105219342helps
herls85226432herls
hills85431352hills
hulls84923562hulls
ills47030422_ills
jell117125872jell_
jello126716272jello
jellos134714282jellos
jelly154218252jelly
jills125122822jills
keels94622412keels
kelly124617022kelly
kelps115116422kelps
kelts95222632kelts
kills94526182kills
knells10439252knells
kvells13346612kvells
lalls55324132lalls
lolls512121732lolls
lulls54119652lulls
malls76233432malls
meals75933382meals
melds84822382melds
mell64935612mell_
mels65941532me_ls
melts74930102melts
merls77423902merls
mewls105813232mewls
mills75435052mills
molls75129782molls
mulls75124152mulls
nelly84618812nelly
nills54926672nills
nulls55019982nulls
palls74332562palls
peals75235492peals
peels75226422peels
peles75738082peles
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelts76128812pelts
pills74130972pills
polls74627722polls
pulls74425052pulls
quells15359702quells
reals55038652reals
reels55333262reels
retells73211522retells
rills55032712rills
rolls55326232rolls
seals54839702seals
seels55632822seels
selfs85220242selfs
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
selles64426982selles
sels46345982se_ls
shells94319522shells
sills55135992sills
skells105013782skells
smells83914742smells
snells64614202snells
spells84617682spells
stalls64019932stalls
steals64020062steals
steels64117982steels
steles63725662steles
stella63612972stella
stellas72813042stellas
stills64118572stills
stulls63912982stulls
swells93913982swells
taels56822072taels
tails55634192tails
talas55935892talas
talcs74817182talcs
tales55451372tales
talks94322692talks
tall47240212tall_
tallis63319962tallis
tally84526862tally
talus55423262talus
teaks94222902teaks
teal45546502teal_
teams75726512teams
tears55436462tears
teas45851492te_as
teats55636812teats
techs106915832techs
teds54932582te_ds
teel46335802teel_
teems76019782teems
teens56227482teens
tees45353582te_es
teffs115111732teffs
teggs74710742teggs
tegs56031492te_gs
tel35647902te_l_
tela45532972te_la
telae54323292telae
telco7511872telco
telcos8710682telcos
tele45040872te_le
telex125214822telex
telia55821142telia
telic76019822telic
teller63519822teller
tellers73717602tellers
tellies73820502tellies
teloi54217382teloi
temps95417132temps
tends65425582tends
tens45647412te_ns
tents56434212tents
tepals85415042tepals
tepas76521682tepas
terms75523472terms
terns55226872terns
tesla55612602tesla
teslas64212172teslas
tests56530192tests
teths85418512teths
tets45847462te_ts
tews76431642te_ws
texas126514932texas
texts125515042texts
thills95515382thills
tiles55542102tiles
till45941212till_
tils45739622t_ils
tilts55325612tilts
tirls54519802tirls
toils54527492toils
tolas54532772tolas
toles55147132toles
toll45535262toll_
tolus55024482tolus
tolyls9436962tolyls
tools55325242tools
trellis739872trellis
trills64319852trills
trolls64613942trolls
trulls64110282trulls
tules54532792tules
tulle54019932tulle
tulles63218892tulles
twills9489792twills
veals84926192veals
veils84918802veils
velds95615582velds
vills86429322vills
walls85529382walls
weals85428742weals
welds94719162welds
well75832042well_
welly114620012welly
welts85225192welts
wills84528962wills
yelks126413622yelks
yell76028322yell_
yelps105712992yelps
yills83921552yills
zeals145320852zeals
zills144020782zills

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 Filter178691538000.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit538002511.97027309.6
3Display Results2512510.0633984.1
 (SQL Overall)1786912512.68966452.6
 
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