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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 “stelae” 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.

41 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
stelae6371648(None) 
stela54019041stela_
stelai63912561stelai
stelar64013861stelar
stele55026841stel_e
telae54323291_telae
chelae113614602chelae
selah8319612s_elah
selle54428312s_elle
setae56026222s_etae
shelve124012762shelve
stalag7310022stalag
stale55637102stal_e
stead65520272ste_ad
steak95219802ste_ak
steal56125472ste_al
stealage946582stealage
stealer72913972stealer
steals64020062steals
steam76322932ste_am
steelie7310212steelie
steeve93710902steeve
stelene7310252stelene
steles63725662steles
stelic8313082stelic
stella63612972stella
stellar72610422stellar
stellas72813042stellas
stellate8310502stellate
steppe10319872steppe
stere55328542ste_re
stile54931572stil_e
stoae55024262st_oae
stole54928812stol_e
striae65422272striae
stylar9358112stylar
stylate10179772stylate
style85519362styl_e
svelte9319752svelte
tela45532972_tela_
tele45040872_tel_e

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.51332849.6
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.87562153.4
 
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