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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 “kayles” 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.

57 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
kayles13471200(None) 
kales95730981ka_les
kayoes134710821kayoes
ables75935542_ables
ales47067102_a_les
arles56735742_arles
axles125219472_axles
ayes76543512_ay_es
bales76250082ba_les
cables104527552cables
carles85435082carles
caules85927252caules
chyles144813282chyles
dales66439742da_les
dalles74222062dalles
eagles73819162eagles
fables114921672fables
farles96025782farles
gables94222332gables
gales65442482ga_les
hales85449842ha_les
haoles94919802haoles
hoyles12315012hoyles
kaes85734062ka__es
kails95525212kail_s
kale86533752ka_le_
kames115024692ka_mes
kanes95529372ka_nes
kayaks1236332kayaks
kayoed14416902kayoed
kayos127714702kay_os
kays116032192kay__s
keyless1436162keyless
kyes115124932k_y_es
kytes125012912k_ytes
ladles74619542ladles
macles107023222macles
mailes84329112mailes
males75049792ma_les
maples104819422maples
maybes1339242maybes
odyles10348562odyles
padles95221122padles
pales75753802pa_les
parles86334402parles
payees114812902payees
rales54947492ra_les
rayless10239002rayless
sables85026692sables
sales56055592sa_les
styles94418652styles
tables84524892tables
tales55451372ta_les
vales85434262va_les
wales86142832wa_les
wayless13308242wayless
wyles114615322_wyles

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551572.39034540.2
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.76664602.7
 
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