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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 “desalter” 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.

24 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
desalter93836(None) 
desalted1038311desalted
desalters1037671desalters
dealer74122142de_al_er
debater104114692deba_ter
decaliter1247982decaliter
decanter112510792decanter
defaulter1343132defaulter
deflater123211602deflater
dekaliter1445062dekaliter
desalt7518312desalt__
desalts839572desalt_s
descanter1246442descanter
deserter91211602deserter
desilver12286502desilver
desolater1038382desolater
dewater112912422dewa_ter
disaster949942disaster
drysalter1341932drysalter
exalter1437562_exalter
misalter1038342misalter
psalter9247812_psalter
realter73716312re_alter
salter64325082__salter

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059243.93630756.9
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691244.34541125.7
 
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