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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 “catalexis” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

27 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
catalexis184495(None) 
catalexes1845911catalexes
catalysis1445872catalysis
cataplexies2252172cataplexies
cathexis2045752cat_hexis
catalases1149443catalases
catalatic1347323catalatic
catalectic1384603catalectic
catalectics1493103catalectics
catalepsies1552613catalepsies
catalepsy1642393catalepsy
cataleptic1684023cataleptic
cataleptics1782843cataleptics
cataloes10311653catal_oes
catalogic1446683catalogic
catalogs1148033catal_ogs
catalos9414163catal__os
catalpas1246733catal_pas
catalyses1447433catalyses
catalysts1445513catalysts
catalytic1645893catalytic
catalyzes2346053catalyzes
catamenia1344413catamenia
cataplexy2351483cataplex_y
cathexes2036273cat_hexes
cattleyas1442623cattleyas
cavaleros1444113cavaleros

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641278.19018149.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.64220677.0
 
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