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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 “malvasia” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
malvasia1316496(None) 
malvasian14133871malvasian
malvasias14154621malvasias
calvaria1347892calvaria
malaria9313702mal_aria
abasia8712953_a_basia
acrasia9310033_acrasia
alaska1036713_al_aska
aphasia122510873_aphasia
aplasia92510803_aplasia
astasia7310933_astasia
calcaria1249543calcaria
caldaria1148953caldaria
calvarial1445693calvarial
calvarian1446863calvarian
calvarias1447663calvarias
dalasi7610623dal_asi_
dalasis8810533dal_asis
fantasia1197013fantasia
galabia1038333gal_abia
galvanic1444513galvanic
halvas124714173halvas__
madrasa10387883madras_a
madrassa11274633madrassa
magnesia1145723magnesia
malacca1344963mal_acca
malaise9312673mal_aise
malanga1036663mal_anga
malarial10410613mal_arial
malarian10311563mal_arian
malarias10313773mal_arias
maltase938903maltas_e
maltases1039693maltases
marasca1136823ma_rasca
miliaria1048783miliaria
palladia1146633palladia
salvia93310753salv__ia
talaria7412523tal_aria

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162387.61019206.6
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691388.04622208.7
 
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