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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 “palette” 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.

33 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
palette9361398(None) 
galette84212691galette
paleate94120001paleate
palettes103112831palettes
pallette1039511pallette
palmette1247731palmette
calotte9510562calotte
casette9310392casette
epaulette1142782epaulette
galeate83916782galeate
galettes93111152galettes
gazette17357362gazette
layette1037132layette
maleate94117542maleate
navette1036982navette
paillette1145242paillette
palate84226782pal_ate
paleae84820292pale_ae
palest83926222palest_
palet74650802pale_t_
paletot9413712paletot
paletots1047802paletots
palets85122312pale_ts
pallettes1148802pallettes
palmate113215232palmate
palmettes1346882palmettes
palmetto1244982palmetto
palpate113213922palpate
parkette14138022parkette
pileate93815922pileate
pipette1137942pipette
proette9312362proette
raclette1047642raclette

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911076710.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit107671336.58016363.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.84326113.0
 
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