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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 “measles” 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.

46 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
measles9241275(None) 
measle83513221measle_
measled10339301measled
beadles103414732beadles
beagles103212122beagles
ceases84427072ceas_es
deashes113313902deashes
eagles73819162_eagles
easels65914552_easels
eases56041612_eas_es
easies64126632_easies
feases95422922feas_es
leases65428112leas_es
leashes103514402leashes
macles107023222m_acles
mailes84329112m_ailes
males75049792m_a_les
maples104819422m_aples
mashes115030002m_ashes
masses85028712m_asses
mealies92821932mealies
mealless10288362mealless
meals75933382mea_l_s
meanies93620742meanies
measlier1036012measlier
measliest1147172measliest
measly113610442measl_y
measures1038912measures
meatless103410862meatless
meddles113213252meddles
megasses11307742megasses
menses84222452mens_es
menshes12310452menshes
merles85322762me_rles
meshes115019442me_shes
mesnes85216212me_snes
messes84924342me_sses
mettles94115022mettles
myases113711552myas_es
peases85229472peas_es
reales64934122rea_les
resales74724902resales
teasels74311312teasels
teases65426272teas_es
teazles16308922teazles
weasels10468502weasels

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671463.59629941.9
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691463.99944683.9
 
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