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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 “valets” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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95 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
valets9371562(None) 
palets85122311palets
vales85434261vale_s
valet84337871valet_
varlets10411571varlets
abets75621672_abets
aglets73915682aglets
alecs76620732_alecs
alefs87319662_alefs
alerts64418222_alerts
ales47067102_ale_s
alts46639902_al_ts
balers85626942balers
bales76250082bale_s
ballets93719512ballets
blets75324942_blets
cablets114216342cablets
cadets96316512cadets
callets93821702callets
camlets114314622camlets
caplets114914522caplets
carets85330772carets
chalets122813472chalets
culets85518512culets
dales66439742dale_s
daleth1038632daleth
daleths1135322daleths
eaglets84111662eaglets
facets116316652facets
filets94718952filets
galeas74618512galeas
gales65442482gale_s
gallets83517402gallets
haets86525122ha_ets
halers94926922halers
hales85449842hale_s
halest94823272halest
halts85230102hal_ts
hamlets123211402hamlets
haslets102510862haslets
inlets63915572inlets
islets64513082islets
kales95730982kale_s
lets47147942__lets
males75049792male_s
mallets93318492mallets
malts76331752mal_ts
naleds7469132naleds
owlets93110392owlets
pales75753802pale_s
palest83926222palest
palet74650802palet_
pallets93919302pallets
rales54947492rale_s
ramets83517392ramets
relets64025672relets
saleps85014902saleps
sales56055592sale_s
sallets73719652sallets
salts55431882sal_ts
samlets93813552samlets
tablets94714382tablets
talents7312012talents
talers64628152talers
tales55451372tale_s
vale74937342vale__
valeted1139012valeted
valgus1047102valgus
valleys13407482valleys
valors93413772valors
valses94514612valses
valuers10328942valuers
values94314942values
valuta938742valuta
valutas1036532valutas
valves124113782valves
vanes85130982vane_s
varlet9423502varlet_
vases84626262vase_s
vasts86423772va_sts
vats76841742va__ts
vaults94511672vaults
vaunts95212622vaunts
vealers103214292vealers
veldts10417752veldts
velvets13326692velvets
vets76835092v__ets
vilest9416842vilest
violets102210002violets
voles86234042vole_s
voltes94915582voltes
volts85421292vol_ts
walers94824492walers
wales86142842wale_s
wallets103914832wallets

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit82551954.17319782.2
3Display Results95950.0303166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691954.77937390.9
 
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