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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 “appals” 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.

35 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
appals10481294(None) 
appal95315221appal_
appall10379741appall
appalls11337741appalls
appeals11378671appeals
appels104312791appels
aals49941142a__als
ampuls1098892ampuls
annals66415922annals
apicals1159922apicals
apparels1245122apparels
appeal103911612appeal_
appears11308952appears
appel94615892appel_
apple94517672app_le
apples104315762apples
apply125111392app_ly
apps86319692app__s
appulse1134672appulse
argals75517712argals
carpals113414632carpals
copals105018942copals
kappas144410372kappa_s
nappas105511612nappa_s
nopals84914022nopals
opals75718352_opals
pals66951352__pals
papal95820672papal_
papas94927492papa_s
papaws13419112papaws
peals75235492_peals
pipals104213642pipals
rappels11448802rappels
sepals85217382sepals
tepals85415042tepals

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551353.92321042.8
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691354.27941760.0
 
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