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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 “helices” 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.

38 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
helices1231372(None) 
helixes1739131helixes
belies84631052beli_es
calices114321692calices
chalices15310812chalices
cilices113814022cilices
culices113713122culices
cylices14359282cylices
deices94119372de_ices
delicts104012252delicts
delimes10314192delimes
devices133212582devices
elides74420692_elides
elites66027122_elites
felines104718072felines
halides113416662halides
halites103221192halites
helical12311152helical
helicon1237642helicon
helicons1337612helicons
helios94816632heli_os
heliums12188302heliums
helloes103717462helloes
helves124316062hel_ves
hemlines13310622hemlines
holies94630032holi_es
malices114316622malices
pelites93821992pelites
polices113118052polices
relaces93420882relaces
relics84517902relic_s
relicts94414592relicts
relies65036422reli_es
relines75331322relines
relives104619442relives
slices84022852_slices
splices113914382splices
velites103417302velites

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671382.93636672.7
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.35853213.5
 
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