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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 “malice” 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.

54 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
malice10481848(None) 
malic94525661malic_
malices114316621malices
maline84529091maline
alike95523962_alike
aline57243152_aline
alive85722512_alive
amice96122872_amice
calices114321692calices
caliche14329962caliche
calicle113111432calicle
calico103414432calico
chalice14311042chalice
cilice103213352cilice
halide103417992halide
halite93624232halite
lice66045072__lice
mace87345792ma__ce
mafic125615462mafic_
magic105818662magic_
magics115311612magics
maile75232222ma_ile
maize164618562ma_ize
malaise9312672malaise
malate84624562malate
male66052302mal__e
malgre9299302malgre
malign939852malign
malines93625612malines
mallee84525592mallee
mamie95826002mami_e
manic94629442manic_
manics103919932manics
manlike133012782manlike
maplike15299272maplike
marine84230412marine
marline93320972marline
marlite92917082marlite
mavie104722562mavi_e
maxixe1435222maxixe
mealie82519812meali_e
melic94722332melic_
mice87442242m__ice
moline84422032moline
palace104516922palace
plaice10311552plaice
police102918562police
saice75424052sa_ice
salic73424712salic_
saline65132702saline
slice74925822_slice
splice104915102splice
valine94623092valine
valise92917652valise

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551542.62631436.0
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691542.99959583.5
 
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