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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 “walrus” 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.

31 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
walrus95643(None) 
callus85317072callus
gallus74313202gallus
nairus639142nairus
palpus104210282palpus
talus55423262tal_us
valgus1047102valgus
varus85921182va_rus
wairs86424062wair_s
walers94824492walers
wales86142842wal_es
walies95324522walies
walks126218502wal_ks
walkup1534192walkup
walkups1633012walkups
wallas95719392wallas
walls85529382wal_ls
walnut939432walnut
walnuts1033842walnuts
walruses11554972walruses
wammus13426732wammus
wampus13499012wampus
wamus105514682wa_mus
wards97734402wa_rds
wares88250582wa_res
warks127932402wa_rks
warms107726862wa_rms
warns87231002wa_rns
warps107126422wa_rps
wars78659802wa_r_s
warts814840402wa_rts

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.65631080.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.99959583.5
 
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