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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 “telltales” 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.

28 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
telltales94439(None) 
telltale844421telltale_
telotaxes1644642telotaxes
belittles1143873belittles
cellmates1347513cellmates
cellules1036813cell_ules
fellates11312753fell_ates
folktales1653123folktales
hellholes1545723hellholes
helotages1346123helotages
keelhales1662953keelhales
meltages1148243me_ltages
pellicles1344923pellicles
sellotapes12103743sellotapes
tallages92312003tall_ages
telefaxes1943813telefaxes
teletypes14114953teletypes
tellable10169773tellable_
tellies73820503tell__ies
telotaxis1643523telotaxis
tentacles1146713te_ntacles
tentages91011043te_ntages
testates83615453te_states
textiles1536833te_xtiles
tillages93011263till_ages
tollages92410193toll_ages
tollgates1046053tollgates
wellholes1544663wellholes

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641287.50019818.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.95222471.2
 
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