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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 “valet” 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.

130 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
valet8433787(None) 
palet74650801palet
vale74937341vale_
vales85434261vales
valets93715621valets
varlet9423501varlet
abet610547942_abet
aglet65534142aglet
ale36572342_ale_
alec66430062_alec
alee46652322_alee
alef76340692_alef
alert54740652_alert
ales47067102_ales
alit46155692_alit
alt36467962_al_t
bale66353842bale_
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
ballet84733972ballet
blet66247672_blet
cablet104429462cablet
cadet85339342cadet
callet84536762callet
camlet104426582camlet
caplet104226812caplet
caret75360562caret
chalet113825992chalet
culet76040342culet
dale55643982dale_
dales66439742dales
daleth1038632daleth
eaglet73722582eaglet
facet106038522facet
filet85540162filet
gale56347322gale_
galea64722932galea
gales65442482gales
gallet73630852gallet
haet75659502ha_et
hale76052832hale_
haled95335822haled
haler85033522haler
hales85449842hales
halest94823272halest
halt76056302hal_t
hamlet113722792hamlet
haslet93222712haslet
inlet53732402inlet
islet54527552islet
kale86533752kale_
kales95730982kales
let36481472__let
male66052302male_
males75049792males
mallet84433052mallet
malt66254812mal_t
naled65525052naled
owlet83324462owlet
pale66055012pale_
palea75028662palea
paled85538722paled
paler75436932paler
pales75753802pales
palest83926222palest
palets85122312palets
pallet84232652pallet
rale45050562rale_
rales54947492rales
ramet75743142ramet
relet54749822relet
sale44959702sale_
salep77022952salep
sales56055592sales
sallet63734542sallet
salt45758522sal_t
samlet84126562samlet
tablet84227642tablet
tacet75840022tacet
tale46154162tale_
talent6323322talent
taler56034862taler
tales55451372tales
unlet54133332unlet
vailed104619292vailed
valeted1139012valeted
valid94618392valid
valley124311602valley
valor83614892valor
valse85117522valse
valses94514612valses
value85719092value
valued104011152valued
valuer93911442valuer
values94314942values
valuta938742valuta
valve114515932valve
valved136711042valved
valves124113782valves
vane75534692vane_
vaned94622422vaned
vanes85130972vanes
varlets10411572varlets
vase75629652vase_
vases84626262vases
vast75045122va_st
vat67863452va__t
vault85823762vault
vaunt85925312vaunt
vealed103916322vealed
vealer94016542vealer
veldt94819862veldt
velvet123613752velvet
vet65958522v__et
vialed105112592vialed
vile76139802vile_
viler86324162viler
vilest9416842vilest
violet92620922violet
vole75236982vole_
voled95323722voled
voles86234042voles
volt76439532vol_t
volte85321302volte
wale74546432wale_
waled94330992waled
waler84229262waler
wales86142832wales
wallet93327092wallet

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001301.53035163.4
3Display Results1301300.0333939.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911301.656107905.2
 
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