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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 “helms” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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177 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
helms10561946(None) 
elms67322701_elms
halms105225211halms
hells85032041hells
helm95530021helm_
helos84928061helos
helps105219341helps
hems95534941he_ms
herms105626431herms
holms105117801holms
whelms14377571whelms
alms65834922_alms
balms95723922balms
beams95328172beams
bells76432162bells
bels66142492bel_s
belts75931162belts
berms95323662berms
calms95222352calms
cells75428062cells
celoms10412122celoms
cels65534972cel_s
celts75325782celts
chelas113817202chelas
culms95314192culms
deems85421772deems
deles65139252deles
delfs94918672delfs
delis64928542delis
dells66630942dells
dels56745472del_s
delts65731792delts
derms85022892derms
eels46536742eel_s
elds56324862_elds
elks85820032_elks
ells46431352_ells
elm57531742_elm_
elmy95616792_elmy
els37645722_el_s
ems56435492_e_ms
fells85327382fells
felts85324542felts
fems96428702fe_ms
films105617962films
gelds75118342gelds
gels56836102gel_s
gelts65924612gelts
gems75329112ge_ms
germs85118872germs
geums85414112geums
haems105517012haems
hales85449842hales
halls85633782halls
halm95834972halm_
halma108219262halma
halmas117017902halmas
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hams96446132h_ams
harms106829022harms
haulms11558502haulms
heads95127112heads
heals85733462heals
heaps105223222heaps
hears86737372hears
heats85838402heats
hebes105521672hebes
hecks145220652hecks
heeds95420422heeds
heels85625532heels
hefts116218152hefts
hehs106723962he_hs
heils85222192heils
heirs85618562heirs
held85330402hel_d
helio85321192helio
helios94816632helios
heliums12188302heliums
helix154413012helix
hell75637892hel_l
hello86522982hello
hellos95321682hellos
helmed124513692helmed
helmet113718932helmet
helmets12309072helmets
helo75332852hel_o
helot85332682helot
helots95217702helots
help95328922hel_p
helve115018092helve
helves124316062helves
hem86148732he_m_
heme95034412he_me
hemes105031082hemes
hemp115725622he_mp
hemps126917332hemps
hens75642572he_ns
hents87330742hents
herbs105520502herbs
herds96424682herds
heres86245902heres
herls85226432herls
herm95636152herm_
herma105318892herma
herns84825582herns
heros84930862heros
hers75844872he_rs
hes66654202he__s
hests85829932hests
heths116317782heths
hets75547202he_ts
hews105631572he_ws
hexes155123042hexes
hills85431352hills
hilts86924412hilts
hilus84817642hilus
hims95230982h_ims
holds94623242holds
holes84748652holes
holks124720562holks
holm95628112holm_
hols76946292hol_s
holts85627912holts
hulas84920882hulas
hulks125715482hulks
hulls84923562hulls
hums96831422h_ums
hylas114815902hylas
jells125522162jells
kelims1278912kelims
kelps115116422kelps
kelts95222632kelts
malms95021552malms
melds84822382melds
mells75031332mells
mels65941532mel_s
melts74930102melts
mems85931502me_ms
neems77316292neems
neums75414252neums
palms94921752palms
peles75738082peles
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelts76128812pelts
perms95524512perms
realms84913492realms
reams75729622reams
rems66237722re_ms
rheums1135462rheums
seams75731662seams
seems75525022seems
selfs85220242selfs
sells55134432sells
sels46345982sel_s
shells94319522shells
skelms12368022skelms
teams75726512teams
teems76019782teems
teles54536002teles
tells55828942tells
telos55424522telos
tels46841692tel_s
terms75523472terms
therms115914872therms
unhelms1234222unhelms
velds95615582velds
welds94719162welds
wells85426192wells
welts85225192welts
whelks16367322whelks
whelm134611982whelm_
whelps14437842whelps
yelks126413622yelks
yells85821942yells
yelps105712992yelps
ylems1039262ylems

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001773.84313999.5
3Display Results1771770.0463847.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911774.20242525.2
 
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