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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 “apical” 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.

42 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
apical1091390(None) 
apicals1159921apicals
epical10413391epical
pical95524371_pical
abapical1444942abapical
aecial84817312aecial
animal85016252animal
apian75018332api_an
apically1539832apically
apices104916262apices
apiculi1145112apiculi
apneal83411122apneal
apodal9289832apodal
appal95315222ap_pal
appeal103911612appeal
apsidal1046702apsidal
atypical1544682atypical
axial124515192axi_al
capital112311522capital
haptical1547342haptical
laical8312322laical
magical1239782magical
optical1149862optical
pascal10812372pascal
pial65636702_pi_al
pibal95217322_pibal
pica85831492_pica_
picas94626522_picas
picul95015362_picul
pipal95118352_pipal
plical10411682plical
radical103312792radical
spica94717942spica_
spicae104313702spicae
spicas104715822spicas
spinal84915312spinal
spiral83715342spiral
spital83813872spital
tical76021492_tical
topical1139952topical
typical1436342typical
vatical1239982vatical

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 Limit82551423.09326689.6
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.45251764.5
 
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