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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 “centrals” 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
centrals10271203(None) 
centals94317051cent_als
central93114471central_
ventrals112910001ventrals
cantals93919572cant_als
cantraps12319112cantraps
cental84420962cent_al_
centares102913892centares
centas85020702cent_a_s
centra84113882centra__
centraler1146682centraler
centralest1247142centralest
centralise1269602centralise
centralism1448642centralism
centralist12511062centralist
centrally1448902centrally
centres93817122centr_es
centrums1236912centrums
citrals91111672c_itrals
contrails11410542contrails
contras93015622contra_s
controls10311392controls
dentals83915392dent_als
enthrals11278902_enthrals
entrails8310162_entrails
entraps9109762_entraps
generals9109342generals
neutrals846282neutrals
peytrals1355492peytrals
rentals74017482rent_als
ventral103612172ventral_

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059314.57626455.2
3Display Results31310.40676.4
 (SQL Overall)178691315.37533244.8
 
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