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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 “alefs” 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.

138 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
alefs8731966(None) 
alecs76620731alecs
alef76340691alef_
ales47067101ale_s
alifs86121261alifs
clefs106616241clefs
abets75621672abets
ables75935542able_s
aces67645092ace_s
agers65027852agers
ages55844592age_s
aglets73915682aglets
akees96119242akees
alans55636172alans
alas46358122al_as
albas75925392albas
albs68628572al_bs
alders74218422alders
ale36572342ale__
alec66430062ale_c
alee46652322ale_e
aleph10311392aleph
alephs1136532alephs
alert54740652alert
alerts64418222alerts
alfa77624272al_fa
alfas87219042alfas
algas65624932algas
alias55834602alias
aliens65619212aliens
alif76242142alif_
allees64521482allees
alleys95113302alleys
alls46740922al_ls
almas76629772almas
almehs11619492almehs
almes75126542almes
alms65834922al_ms
aloes54933672aloes
aloft8423432aloft
alps65529242al_ps
als36663022al__s
alters64924222alters
altos55822952altos
alts46639902al_ts
alums75720602alums
amens75624842amens
anes45255932ane_s
apers76629132apers
apes66047432ape_s
areas55935772areas
ares45871022are_s
arfs76029962a_rfs
arles56735742arle_s
ates45047922ate_s
avens86419332avens
avers85127312avers
aves76142602ave_s
awes76037552awe_s
awless939262awless
axels126313632axels
axes117337852axe_s
axles125219472axle_s
ayes76543512aye_s
balers85626932balers
bales76250082bale_s
beefs105618562beefs
blebs96416152blebs
bless75917812bless
blets75324942blets
calfs104919382cal_fs
califs114915892califs
chefs136214662chefs
clef97028182clef_
cleft106222852cleft
clefts114610162clefts
clews105516332clews
dales66439742dale_s
delfs94918672delfs
efs66829602__efs
fiefs116213702fiefs
fleas86423662fleas
flees85828752flees
flews115316442flews
fleys117015602fleys
galeas74618512galeas
gales65442482gale_s
ganefs10489202ganefs
gleds75417892gleds
glees65027592glees
glens66519852glens
gleys96514852gleys
halers94926912halers
hales85449842hale_s
ileus54616892ileus
kales95730982kale_s
kalifs134410982kalifs
keefs125116282keefs
kefs115922742_kefs
kiefs126112202kiefs
leafs85721182_leafs
leas45954182_leas
lees45455882_lees
left76340482_left
lefts86517812_lefts
legs56133692_legs
leis45739602_leis
leks85427602_leks
lens46146492_lens
les35663072_le_s
less45635102_less
lets47147942_lets
leys76430182_leys
males75049792male_s
naleds7469132naleds
oleos55419682oleos
oles46453472ole_s
pales75753802pale_s
palets85122312palets
pelfs105016292pelfs
pleas75627032pleas
plebs95814582plebs
plews105415352plews
rales54947492rale_s
reefs85121662reefs
refs75732242_refs
saleps85014902saleps
sales56055592sale_s
selfs85220242selfs
sleds64418852sleds
slews86220352slews
talers64628142talers
tales55451372tale_s
vales85434262vale_s
valets93715622valets
walers94824462walers
wales86142832wale_s
ylems1039262ylems

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001381.68631909.8
3Display Results1381380.0304600.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911382.02988068.5
 
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