Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mels” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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471 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
mels	6	59	4153	(None)
bels	6	61	4249	1	bels
cels	6	55	3497	1	cels
dels	5	67	4547	1	dels
eels	4	65	3674	1	eels
els	3	76	4572	1	_els
gels	5	68	3610	1	gels
meals	7	59	3337	1	meals
meds	7	57	3536	1	meds
megs	7	55	3063	1	megs
mel	5	60	4748	1	mel_
meld	7	58	3047	1	meld
melds	8	48	2238	1	melds
mell	6	49	3561	1	mell
mells	7	50	3133	1	mells
melt	6	57	5289	1	melt
melts	7	49	3010	1	melts
mems	8	59	3150	1	mems
merls	7	74	2390	1	merls
mess	6	59	3243	1	mess
mewls	10	58	1323	1	mewls
mews	9	66	2933	1	mews
mils	6	60	4533	1	mils
mols	6	59	4857	1	mols
sels	4	63	4598	1	sels
tels	4	68	4169	1	tels
aals	4	99	4114	2	aals
ails	4	56	5471	2	ails
ales	4	70	6710	2	ales
alls	4	67	4092	2	alls
als	3	66	6302	2	_als
amens	7	56	2484	2	amens
amyls	10	45	1269	2	amyls
awls	7	59	2609	2	awls
axels	12	63	1363	2	axels
bals	6	63	5404	2	bals
beds	7	59	3778	2	beds
bees	6	54	5338	2	bees
begs	7	57	3383	2	begs
bel	5	71	4846	2	bel_
bell	6	62	3718	2	bell
bells	7	64	3216	2	bells
belt	6	57	5403	2	belt
belts	7	59	3116	2	belts
bens	6	59	4570	2	bens
bes	5	65	5743	2	be_s
bets	6	70	5144	2	bets
beys	9	138	2955	2	beys
camels	10	52	1708	2	camels
cees	6	59	4159	2	cees
ceils	7	50	1940	2	ceils
cel	5	60	4055	2	cel_
cell	6	50	3172	2	cell
cells	7	54	2806	2	cells
celt	6	56	4671	2	celt
celts	7	53	2578	2	celts
ceps	8	61	2595	2	ceps
cess	6	53	2605	2	cess
cols	6	65	5308	2	cols
dals	5	71	4512	2	dals
deals	6	54	3534	2	deals
debs	7	65	3024	2	debs
dees	5	63	5663	2	dees
deils	6	57	2286	2	deils
del	4	67	5275	2	del_
dele	5	68	4308	2	dele
deles	6	51	3925	2	deles
delf	8	54	3657	2	delf
delfs	9	49	1867	2	delfs
deli	5	56	3129	2	deli
delis	6	49	2854	2	delis
dell	5	69	3820	2	dell
dells	6	66	3094	2	dells
delt	5	78	5527	2	delt
delts	6	57	3179	2	delts
dens	5	59	4507	2	dens
devs	8	64	2403	2	devs
dews	8	62	3060	2	dews
deys	8	50	2747	2	deys
dols	5	69	4305	2	dols
duels	6	56	1923	2	duels
eds	4	66	3892	2	_eds
eel	3	79	4684	2	eel_
eely	7	77	2521	2	eely
efs	6	68	2960	2	_efs
el	2	67	4529	2	_el_
eld	4	67	3379	2	_eld
elds	5	63	2485	2	_elds
elf	6	61	3852	2	_elf
elk	7	67	2612	2	_elk
elks	8	58	2003	2	_elks
ell	3	67	3568	2	_ell
ells	4	64	3135	2	ells
elm	5	75	3174	2	_elm
elms	6	73	2270	2	_elms
else	4	59	2308	2	_else
emes	6	54	3466	2	emes
emeus	7	69	1333	2	emeus
ems	5	64	3549	2	_ems
emus	6	68	2168	2	emus
ens	3	72	4592	2	_ens
ers	3	60	4628	2	_ers
es	2	90	4822	2	_e_s
ess	3	60	3088	2	_ess
feds	8	52	3431	2	feds
feels	8	52	2304	2	feels
fees	7	64	5060	2	fees
fehs	10	65	2238	2	fehs
fell	7	68	3307	2	fell
fells	8	53	2738	2	fells
felt	7	51	4693	2	felt
felts	8	53	2454	2	felts
fems	9	64	2870	2	fems
fens	7	61	3976	2	fens
fes	6	65	5167	2	fe_s
fess	7	65	2916	2	fess
fets	7	53	4594	2	fets
feus	7	58	3075	2	feus
fils	7	58	3869	2	fils
fuels	8	71	1735	2	fuels
gals	5	79	4650	2	gals
geds	6	67	3081	2	geds
gees	5	56	4788	2	gees
gel	4	56	4243	2	gel_
geld	6	58	2843	2	geld
gelds	7	51	1834	2	gelds
gelt	5	64	4801	2	gelt
gelts	6	59	2461	2	gelts
gems	7	53	2911	2	gems
gens	5	57	4007	2	gens
gets	5	54	4248	2	gets
gimels	9	3	889	2	gimels
guls	5	59	3085	2	guls
heals	8	57	3345	2	heals
heels	8	56	2553	2	heels
hehs	10	67	2396	2	hehs
heils	8	52	2219	2	heils
held	8	53	3040	2	held
hell	7	56	3789	2	hell
hells	8	50	3204	2	hells
helm	9	55	3002	2	helm
helms	10	56	1946	2	helms
helo	7	53	3285	2	helo
helos	8	49	2806	2	helos
help	9	53	2892	2	help
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hems	9	55	3494	2	hems
hens	7	56	4257	2	hens
herls	8	52	2643	2	herls
hers	7	58	4487	2	hers
hes	6	66	5420	2	he_s
hets	7	55	4720	2	hets
hews	10	56	3157	2	hews
hols	7	69	4629	2	hols
ills	4	70	3042	2	ills
impels	10	38	952	2	impels
jees	11	59	3854	2	jees
jell	11	71	2587	2	jell
jells	12	55	2216	2	jells
jess	11	60	2203	2	jess
jets	11	58	3410	2	jets
jews	14	58	2208	2	jews
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
keels	9	46	2241	2	keels
kefs	11	59	2274	2	kefs
kegs	9	58	2402	2	kegs
kelp	10	53	2280	2	kelp
kelps	11	51	1642	2	kelps
kelt	8	53	4319	2	kelt
kelts	9	52	2263	2	kelts
kens	8	54	3523	2	kens
keps	10	60	2730	2	keps
keys	11	63	2216	2	keys
koels	9	46	1390	2	koels
leas	4	59	5418	2	leas
lees	4	54	5588	2	lees
legs	5	61	3369	2	legs
leis	4	57	3960	2	leis
leks	8	54	2760	2	leks
lens	4	61	4649	2	lens
les	3	56	6307	2	le_s
less	4	56	3510	2	less
lets	4	71	4794	2	lets
leys	7	64	3018	2	leys
macs	8	67	4251	2	macs
mads	7	68	4537	2	mads
maes	6	69	4840	2	maes
mags	7	54	4453	2	mags
mails	7	60	3778	2	mails
male	6	60	5230	2	male
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mall	6	46	3937	2	mall
malls	7	62	3343	2	malls
malm	8	51	2998	2	malm
malms	9	50	2155	2	malms
malt	6	62	5481	2	malt
malts	7	63	3175	2	malts
mans	6	63	5455	2	mans
maps	8	61	4105	2	maps
marls	7	55	3516	2	marls
mars	6	62	6187	2	mars
mas	5	81	7582	2	m_as
mass	6	60	4494	2	mass
mats	6	54	6029	2	mats
mauls	7	65	2495	2	mauls
maws	9	64	3714	2	maws
mays	9	69	4003	2	mays
me	4	77	4833	2	me__
mead	7	55	3160	2	mead
meads	8	54	2532	2	meads
meal	6	56	4317	2	meal
mealy	10	44	2218	2	mealy
mean	6	55	3809	2	mean
means	7	58	3123	2	means
meat	6	63	5960	2	meat
meats	7	50	3405	2	meats
med	6	61	4674	2	me_d
medals	9	42	1805	2	medals
meed	7	49	3470	2	meed
meeds	8	49	2027	2	meeds
meek	10	56	2483	2	meek
meet	6	53	5055	2	meet
meets	7	42	2461	2	meets
meg	6	60	4095	2	me_g
mega	7	76	2087	2	mega
melee	7	37	2910	2	melee
melees	8	36	1808	2	melees
melic	9	47	2233	2	melic
melon	7	39	2208	2	melon
melons	8	41	1771	2	melons
melty	10	49	1836	2	melty
mem	7	79	4347	2	me_m
meme	8	53	3055	2	meme
memes	9	49	2770	2	memes
memo	8	59	2479	2	memo
memos	9	57	1911	2	memos
men	5	92	5285	2	me_n
mend	7	53	3403	2	mend
mends	8	49	2769	2	mends
meno	6	60	3136	2	meno
mensa	7	53	1867	2	mensa
mense	7	50	2563	2	mense
mensh	10	54	1356	2	mensh
menu	6	51	3023	2	menu
menus	7	58	2284	2	menus
meou	6	53	2586	2	meou
meous	7	61	2006	2	meous
meow	9	51	1788	2	meow
meows	10	46	1268	2	meows
merc	8	72	2562	2	merc
mercs	9	60	2045	2	mercs
mere	6	72	4444	2	mere
meres	7	51	4357	2	meres
merk	10	60	2794	2	merk
merks	11	47	2240	2	merks
merl	6	58	3097	2	merl
merle	7	58	2437	2	merle
merles	8	53	2276	2	merles
mesa	6	70	2548	2	mesa
mesas	7	68	2320	2	mesas
mesh	9	68	2300	2	mesh
messy	10	49	1383	2	messy
met	5	60	7243	2	me_t
meta	6	59	3241	2	meta
metals	8	45	2088	2	metals
mete	6	44	3813	2	mete
metes	7	47	3621	2	metes
meth	9	58	2784	2	meth
meths	10	53	2023	2	meths
metis	7	50	2590	2	metis
metols	8	41	1577	2	metols
mew	8	61	3773	2	me_w
mewl	9	56	1832	2	mewl
meze	15	44	2090	2	meze
mezes	16	77	1926	2	mezes
mhos	9	55	1777	2	mhos
mibs	8	53	3048	2	mibs
mics	8	74	3515	2	mics
mids	7	65	4179	2	mids
miens	7	61	1830	2	miens
migs	7	69	3532	2	migs
mil	5	57	5211	2	mil_
mild	7	53	3085	2	mild
milds	8	64	2205	2	milds
mile	6	63	5257	2	mile
miles	7	46	4507	2	miles
milk	10	50	2847	2	milk
milks	11	50	2058	2	milks
mill	6	65	4148	2	mill
mills	7	54	3505	2	mills
milo	6	55	3610	2	milo
milos	7	54	2801	2	milos
milt	6	54	5581	2	milt
milts	7	54	3071	2	milts
mips	8	55	3408	2	mips
mirs	6	69	4057	2	mirs
mis	5	81	6262	2	m_is
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moas	6	55	4534	2	moas
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mocs	8	58	3490	2	mocs
models	9	42	1635	2	models
mods	7	79	4505	2	mods
mogs	7	54	3933	2	mogs
mohels	11	50	1132	2	mohels
moils	7	61	2575	2	moils
mol	5	66	5459	2	mol_
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molas	7	51	3209	2	molas
mold	7	60	3433	2	mold
molds	8	53	2483	2	molds
mole	6	62	5183	2	mole
moles	7	47	4792	2	moles
moll	6	67	3570	2	moll
molls	7	51	2978	2	molls
molt	6	63	5616	2	molt
molts	7	60	3209	2	molts
moly	9	60	3191	2	moly
moms	8	65	3948	2	moms
mons	6	81	5226	2	mons
mools	7	60	2717	2	mools
moos	6	60	5130	2	moos
mops	8	59	4013	2	mops
morels	8	48	2001	2	morels
mors	6	59	5006	2	mors
mos	5	70	6712	2	m_os
moss	6	76	4103	2	moss
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mots	6	68	5316	2	mots
mows	9	63	4083	2	mows
muds	7	55	3065	2	muds
mugs	7	62	3204	2	mugs
mule	6	52	3697	2	mule
mules	7	50	3429	2	mules
mull	6	51	2880	2	mull
mulls	7	51	2415	2	mulls
mums	8	57	3277	2	mums
muns	6	55	3592	2	muns
mus	5	59	4675	2	m_us
muss	6	49	3376	2	muss
muts	6	48	3998	2	muts
mycs	11	53	1429	2	mycs
nebs	6	61	2498	2	nebs
negs	5	57	2736	2	negs
ness	4	55	2656	2	ness
nets	4	59	4153	2	nets
news	7	61	2737	2	news
nils	4	61	3245	2	nils
noels	5	64	1870	2	noels
oes	3	58	6619	2	oe_s
oils	4	63	3797	2	oils
oles	4	64	5347	2	oles
omens	7	56	1896	2	omens
omers	7	69	2319	2	omers
owls	7	60	2293	2	owls
pals	6	69	5135	2	pals
peals	7	52	3549	2	peals
peas	6	57	5506	2	peas
pecs	8	46	3410	2	pecs
peds	7	58	3524	2	peds
peels	7	52	2642	2	peels
pees	6	52	5737	2	pees
pegs	7	55	3176	2	pegs
pehs	9	56	2576	2	pehs
pele	6	55	3955	2	pele
peles	7	57	3808	2	peles
pelf	9	70	3145	2	pelf
pelfs	10	50	1629	2	pelfs
pelt	6	76	5108	2	pelt
pelts	7	61	2881	2	pelts
pens	6	56	4964	2	pens
peps	8	51	3451	2	peps
pes	5	72	5978	2	pe_s
pets	6	62	4833	2	pets
pews	9	57	3153	2	pews
pols	6	60	4456	2	pols
puls	6	54	3756	2	puls
reals	5	50	3865	2	reals
rebs	6	57	3356	2	rebs
recs	6	57	3418	2	recs
reds	5	60	4286	2	reds
reels	5	53	3326	2	reels
rees	4	53	6419	2	rees
refs	7	57	3224	2	refs
regs	5	54	3657	2	regs
reis	4	53	4323	2	reis
rely	7	54	2895	2	rely
rems	6	62	3772	2	rems
reps	6	59	3795	2	reps
res	3	55	6504	2	re_s
rets	4	53	5256	2	rets
revs	7	50	2705	2	revs
riels	5	51	2133	2	riels
sals	4	68	5167	2	sals
seals	5	48	3969	2	seals
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
secs	6	50	3389	2	secs
seels	5	56	3282	2	seels
sees	4	53	6105	2	sees
segs	5	49	3388	2	segs
seis	4	55	4239	2	seis
sel	3	82	5332	2	sel_
self	7	51	3829	2	self
selfs	8	52	2024	2	selfs
sell	4	58	4061	2	sell
sells	5	51	3443	2	sells
sers	4	57	4665	2	sers
sets	4	55	4950	2	sets
sews	7	58	3602	2	sews
smell	7	49	1623	2	smell
smells	8	39	1474	2	smells
smelt	7	47	2678	2	smelt
smelts	8	54	1277	2	smelts
smews	10	46	1229	2	smews
sols	4	54	4816	2	sols
taels	5	68	2207	2	taels
teals	5	62	3413	2	teals
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
teds	5	49	3257	2	teds
teels	5	57	2637	2	teels
tees	4	53	5358	2	tees
tegs	5	60	3149	2	tegs
tel	3	56	4790	2	tel_
tela	4	55	3297	2	tela
tele	4	50	4087	2	tele
teles	5	45	3600	2	teles
tell	4	49	3470	2	tell
tells	5	58	2894	2	tells
telos	5	54	2452	2	telos
tens	4	56	4741	2	tens
tets	4	58	4746	2	tets
tews	7	64	3164	2	tews
tils	4	57	3961	2	tils
umbels	10	45	1059	2	umbels
veals	8	49	2619	2	veals
vees	7	54	3943	2	vees
veils	8	49	1880	2	veils
vela	7	57	2554	2	vela
veld	8	53	2320	2	veld
velds	9	56	1558	2	velds
vets	7	68	3509	2	vets
weals	8	54	2874	2	weals
webs	9	66	2212	2	webs
weds	8	66	2893	2	weds
wees	7	62	4912	2	wees
weld	8	47	2773	2	weld
welds	9	47	1916	2	welds
well	7	58	3204	2	well
wells	8	54	2619	2	wells
welsh	11	31	1036	2	welsh
welt	7	55	4786	2	welt
welts	8	52	2519	2	welts
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens
wets	7	59	4029	2	wets
yeas	7	86	3842	2	yeas
yeld	8	114	2387	2	yeld
yelk	11	53	2000	2	yelk
yelks	12	64	1362	2	yelks
yell	7	60	2832	2	yell
yells	8	58	2194	2	yells
yelp	9	56	2135	2	yelp
yelps	10	57	1299	2	yelps
yens	7	58	3226	2	yens
yeps	9	59	2440	2	yeps
yes	6	62	5061	2	ye_s
yews	10	53	2396	2	yews
zeals	14	53	2085	2	zeals
zeds	14	58	2180	2	zeds
zees	13	63	3189	2	zees
zeks	17	58	1506	2	zeks
zeps	15	60	1934	2	zeps

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	471	0.860	34734.9
3	Display Results	471	471	0.126	3738.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	471	1.296	137878.9