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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 “polio” 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.

68 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
polio7572255(None) 
folio83820881folio
olio46829671_olio
polios84019721polios
polis74731161polis
polo66236631pol_o
apollo837182apollo
bolo65535952bol_o
colic95726172colic
colin76231692colin
folia83618932folia
folic105319322folic
folios93915462folios
helio85321192helio
hollo84822162hollo
kolo87026222kol_o
molto75619602molto
nolo46229312nol_o
oleo46630482_oleo
olios54520852_olios
patio74426352patio
pili66130352pili_
pilis75825202pilis
plie65127392p_lie
poco86826152po_co
podia8415282podia
poi57244662po_i_
poilu72316002poilu
pois66539042po_is
pol56449382pol__
polar75623452polar
pole65951302pol_e
poled84934842poled
poleis86018352poleis
poler74431792poler
poles75351002poles
police102918562police
policy133211512policy
polies84034582polies
poling93526502poling
polish114916722polish
polite83625072polite
polity113015862polity
polka11310412polka
poll66332132pol_l
polls74627722polls
polos76129912polos
pols66044562pol_s
poly96235152pol_y
polyol1138712polyol
polyp125611532polyp
polys105718762polys
pomo85828452po_mo
poo57757112po__o
poplin10413482poplin
porno75120652porno
posit75833332posit
potion84519572potion
potto75320942potto
prolix1538682prolix
puli65527622puli_
pulik113613302pulik
pulis74225602pulis
soldo67116562soldo
soli46637012soli_
solid65025082solid
solion6616382solion
solo45538942sol_o

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800681.44037361.1
3Display Results68680.0135230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691681.763101356.2
 
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