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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
wallahs1340947(None) 
hallahs133912461hallahs
wallah124011991wallah_
wallas95719391walla_s
allays94313742_allays
almahs118611612_almahs
ballads104212912ballads
callans94518472callans
callas84526752calla_s
challahs16377562challahs
fallals103310192fallals
fellahs13428392fellahs
galahs105512682ga_lahs
halalahs14367442halalahs
hallah124115402hallah_
halvahs16417532halvahs
lallans74113542lallans
mollahs12328282mollahs
mullahs12388732mullahs
nullahs10316992nullahs
walla85321032walla__
wallaby1535072wallaby
wallets103914832wallets
wallies103320742wallies
wallops123410412wallops
wallows133613532wallows
walls85529382wall__s
waylays1634672waylays
zillahs1935382zillahs

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671293.17333933.5
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.54650392.3
 
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