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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 “peltry” 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.

32 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
peltry1128865(None) 
paltry114910401paltry
belfry1435072belfry
celery1139622celery
entry82414262_entry
gentry103410442gentry
helotry1345652helotry
melty104918362melt_y
pantry115014102pantry
pastry114913032pastry
peaty105725692peat_y
pedlary13277542pedlary
pedlery13297082pedlery
peery105719442pe_ery
pelt67651082pelt__
pelted94617762pelted
pelter83321622pelter
pelters93720312pelters
pelts76128812pelt_s
penury1148102penury
perry105222712pe_rry
pertly115312552pertly
pesty106421712pest_y
petty105320292pe_tty
poetry1139382poetry
poultry1235382poultry
psaltry12213802psaltry
retry84718082re_try
sentry92912052sentry
sultry938462sultry
sweltry1333412sweltry
vestry1238622vestry

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit82551322.39334496.9
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691322.87262218.3
 
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