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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 “kalif” 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.

50 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
kalif12502136(None) 
alif76242141_alif
calif104929101calif
kaif116933931ka_if
kalifs134410981kalifs
khalif1657831khalif
aalii5316132aalii
alef76340692_alef
alifs86121262_alifs
alit46155692_alit
calf96339562cal_f
califs114915892califs
calix145317352calix
half106238452hal_f
halid94424982halid
kadi96224832kadi_
kadis105921062kadis
kaf106845512ka__f
kafir12488902kafir
kaifs125715642ka_ifs
kail85131492ka_il
kails95525212kails
kain85334292ka_in
kaki76520912kaki_
kakis86116842kakis
kalam11315112kalam
kale86533752kal_e
kales95730982kales
kalian10312162kalian
kaliph1537872kaliph
kalium1239472kalium
kalmia1238892kalmia
kalpa114512192kalpa
kami105823642kami_
kamik105011552kamik
kaolin1039582kaolin
kelim11912552kelim
khalifa1742882khalifa
khalifs1754072khalifs
kif105941192k__if
kilim11711892kilim
klik74412652k_lik
kylix19416322kylix
malic94525662malic
naif76839022na_if
salic73424712salic
salify12311372salify
tali46837162tali_
valid94618392valid
waif105836752wa_if

Search took 2 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 Limit53800501.62333148.5
3Display Results50500.0331515.2
 (SQL Overall)178691501.96990752.2
 
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