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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 “chela” 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.

83 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
chela10391680(None) 
chelae113614601chelae
chelas113817201chelas
chola104718031chola
akela9311342akela
caeca93915132caeca
calla74827072calla
ceca84820782c_eca
cel56040552c_el_
cell65031722c_ell
cella75420312cella
cels65534972c_els
celt65646712c_elt
chaeta11310682chaeta
chalah143511662chalah
chalk144814602chalk
challa114014192challa
cheap126915942cheap
cheat105732452cheat
check164714712check
cheek145115712cheek
cheep125416502cheep
cheer105420382cheer
chef125125622che_f
chefs136214662chefs
chelate122914892chelate
chemo12313632chemo
chert105232102chert
chess105016922chess
chest104926142chest
chetah14399582chetah
cheth135013822cheth
chevy16479992chevy
chew126622132che_w
chews135418512chews
chewy165011902chewy
chez184519022che_z
chia96026622ch_ia
chica125818262chica
chiel104918972chiel_
chield124610212chield
chiels115115932chiels
child114516222child
chile105626892chile
chili106218482chili
chill105619872chill
chimla1337592chimla
china105022482china
cholas114818002cholas
cholla113911022cholla
cholo105217972cholo
chufa13489112chufa
chyle134913482chyle
coala77521122coala
cola66541392c_ola
heal75645692_heal
held85330402_held
hell75637892_hell
helm95530022_helm
helo75332852_helo
help95328922_help
hila76228352_hila
hula74923752_hula
hyla106716512_hyla
kheda1346532kheda
phyla13469182phyla
rhea75017432rhe_a
schema1388372schema
shea76031572she_a
sheal84927702sheal
sheila969842sheila
shelf115221112shelf
shell84424122shell
shelta93111792shelta
stela54019042stela
tela45532972_tela
theca103311452theca
theta83414572theta
vela75725542_vela
wheal115716182wheal
whelk154311062whelk
whelm134611982whelm
whelp136012092whelp

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800831.65632487.9
3Display Results83830.0165187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691831.96890798.3
 
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