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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 “algal” 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.

75 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
algal6651822(None) 
alga57927601alga_
algae65319621algae
algas65624931algas
argal65023391argal
aal39058672a__al
aga410447232a_ga_
agar58726412a_gar
agas55938842a_gas
ala312463602al_a_
alae45643752al_ae
alan46844082al_an
alar46340072al_ar
alas46358122al_as
alba68328332alba_
albas75925392albas
aldol61212332aldol
alegar739282alegar
alfa77624272alfa_
alfas87219042alfas
algid75415582algid
algin65718762algin
algor6513052algor
algum82711762algum
alias55834602alias
alkali10127562alkali
alkyl12518042alkyl
all36148232al__l
allay85620392allay
allyl85310542allyl
alma66333022alma_
almah106917252almah
almas76629772almas
altar55520642altar
alula5317092alula
alway116113922alway
anal48037522a_nal
anga56831352anga_
angas65827982angas
angel65019562angel
annal56520762annal
appal95315222appal
areal55928732areal
argala74712672argala
argali75013752argali
argals75517712argals
argil65116882argil
argol65317262argol
artal55525472artal
arval86017012arval
aural54428962aural
avgas96912132avgas
axal116520492a_xal
axial124515192axial
egal55119432_egal
fallal93612692fallal
fugal95613032fugal
gal46055512__gal
glial66715432glial
halal85623592hal_al
hallal94415562hallal
ileal56118082ileal
ilial55317842ilial
jugal135612402jugal
lagan66520342lagan
leal46043272_leal
legal65715942legal
paleal84716672paleal
palpal104112052palpal
plagal948572plagal
regal65023792regal
rugal65916092rugal
salal55425702sal_al
vagal94613632vagal
valval12398862valval

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800751.75030742.9
3Display Results75750.0302500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691752.09385375.5
 
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