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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 “hale” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

34 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
hale7605283(None) 
ale36572341_ale
bale66353841bale
dale55643981dale
gale56347321gale
hade85440191hade
hae67364001ha_e
hake115637841hake
haled95335821haled
haler85033521haler
hales85449841hales
half106238451half
hall75741161hall
halm95834971halm
halo76437321halo
halt76056301halt
halve114818921halve
hame97043131hame
haole84820081haole
hare76255731hare
hate78450171hate
have106137071have
haze164833391haze
hole77553391hole
kale86533751kale
male66052301male
pale66055011pale
rale45050561rale
sale44959701sale
shale85332831shale
tale46154161tale
vale74937341vale
wale74546431wale
whale115517431whale

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit13983340.25055932.0
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691340.516346300.4
 
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