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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 “wells” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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225 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
wells8542619(None) 
bells76432161bells
cells75428061cells
dells66630941dells
dwells10417711dwells
ells46431351_ells
fells85327381fells
hells85032041hells
jells125522161jells
mells75031331mells
sells55134431sells
swells93913981swells
tells55828941tells
walls85529381walls
weals85428741weals
welds94719161welds
well75832041well_
welly114620011welly
welts85225191welts
wills84528961wills
yells85821941yells
alls46740922_alls
balls76236412balls
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
belles85325992belles
belly104625492belly
bels66142492be_ls
belts75931162belts
bills75632862bills
bolls75531312bolls
bulls75629572bulls
calls75634732calls
ceils75019402ceils
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cellos84517802cellos
cels65534972ce_ls
celts75325782celts
culls75425812culls
deals65435342deals
deils65722862deils
deles65139252deles
delfs94918672delfs
delis64928542delis
dell56938202dell_
delly96023872delly
dels56745472de_ls
delts65731792delts
dills65530972dills
dolls66126922dolls
dulls64523742dulls
dwell9519852dwell_
eels46536742_eels
elds56324852_elds
elks85820032_elks
ell36735682_ell_
elms67322702_elms
els37645722_e_ls
falls85727652falls
feels85223042feels
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fellas95116962fellas
felly114922802felly
felts85324542felts
fills84632372fills
fulls84623522fulls
galls64729322galls
gelds75118342gelds
gels56836102ge_ls
gelts65924612gelts
gills64728192gills
gulls65222982gulls
halls85633782halls
heals85733452heals
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hellos95321682hellos
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helps105219342helps
herls85226432herls
hills85431352hills
hulls84923562hulls
ills47030422_ills
jell117125872jell_
jello126716272jello
jellos134714282jellos
jelly154218252jelly
jills125122822jills
keels94622412keels
kelly124617022kelly
kelps115116422kelps
kelts95222632kelts
kills94526172kills
knells10439252knells
kvells13346612kvells
lalls55324132lalls
lolls512121732lolls
lulls54119652lulls
malls76233432malls
meals75933372meals
melds84822382melds
mell64935612mell_
mels65941532me_ls
melts74930102melts
merls77423902merls
mewls105813232mewls
mills75435052mills
molls75129782molls
mulls75124152mulls
nelly84618812nelly
nills54926672nills
nulls55019982nulls
palls74332562palls
peals75235492peals
peels75226422peels
peles75738082peles
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelts76128812pelts
pills74130972pills
polls74627722polls
pulls74425052pulls
quells15359702quells
reals55038652reals
reels55333262reels
rills55032712rills
rolls55326232rolls
seals54839692seals
seels55632822seels
selfs85220242selfs
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
selles64426982selles
sels46345982se_ls
shells94319522shells
sills55135992sills
skells105013782skells
smells83914742smells
snells64614202snells
spells84617682spells
swell84815982swell_
swills94213362swills
talls55133432talls
teals56234132teals
teels55726372teels
teles54536002teles
tell44934702tell_
telly84920822telly
tellys9348842tellys
telos55424522telos
tels46841692te_ls
tills54631712tills
tolls54728432tolls
twills9489792twills
upwells12244302upwells
veals84926192veals
veils84918802veils
velds95615582velds
vills86429322vills
wails86631482wails
wales86142832wales
walks126218502walks
wall76236102wall_
walla85321032walla
wallas95719392wallas
wally114625092wally
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
weal75838682weal_
weald95615022weald
wealds10459102wealds
weans85326742weans
wears86030302wears
webs96622122we_bs
wedels103811032wedels
weds86628932we_ds
weeds95222212weeds
weeks125017862weeks
weel75834082weel_
weens85224052weens
weeps104120562weeps
wees76249122we_es
weets85427722weets
wefts116715492wefts
weirs84316492weirs
wekas123911792wekas
welch134411492welch
weld84727732we_ld
welled103820212welled
wellie92814912wellie
wellies103719072wellies
welsh113110362welsh
welt75547862we_lt
wends95822812wends
wens76337932we_ns
wests85727002wests
wetly114511712wetly
wets75940292we_ts
wheals124512522wheals
wheels123811712wheels
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
wields10469622wields
wilds94818202wilds
wiles85437872wiles
will75737512will_
willy115321912willy
wilts85023502wilts
wolds95420182wolds
wolfs116214162wolfs
wools84421462wools
wyles114615322wyles
yelks126413622yelks
yell76028322yell_
yelps105712992yelps
yills83921552yills
zeals145320852zeals
zills144020782zills

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 Limit538002251.58034050.6
3Display Results2252250.0633571.4
 (SQL Overall)1786912251.95391495.6
 
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