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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 “telepath” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
telepath134514(None) 
telepaths1444411telepaths
telepathy1743081telepathy
telepathic1753342telepathic
allopath1345803allopath
beleapt11310253beleapt_
beneath1236973bene_ath
delegate10410463delegate
elevate101110373_elevate
relegate9311243relegate
selenate81712533selenate
teeth87315853te_e__th
telecast1048303telecast
telecasts1145543telecasts
telefax1743203telefa_x
telega736773telega__
telegas837443telega_s
telegraph1545143telegraph
teleman959573telema_n
telemark1444123telemark
teleost7410523teleost_
teleosts846423teleosts
telepathies1653363telepathies
telephoto1453183telephoto
teleplay1343073teleplay
teleplays1442713teleplays
teleport1048653teleport
teleports1145453teleports
teleran7510183telera_n
telerans859473telerans
terefah1344113terefa_h
tolerate8312323tolerate
towpath1544043t_owpath

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162337.39019778.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.82622833.0
 
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