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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 “externals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
externals166662(None) 
eternals8238951e_ternals
external1577221external_
eternal72910892e_ternal_
externalise1856082externalise
externalism2055932externalism
externally2045542externally
externes1539832extern_es
externs1438232extern__s
internals9712722internals
arterials949693arterials
asternal858323asternal_
enteral73516443enter_al_
enthrals11278903enthr_als
eternally1247493e_ternally
extends15227113exte_n_ds
extents142610173exte_n_ts
exteriors1647323exteriors
extern1348473extern___
externalised2054123externalised
externalises1955463externalises
externalisms2154953externalisms
externality2155043externality
externalize2756383externalize
externalizes2855813externalizes
externe1438573extern__e
extras13310223ext_r_a_s
internal8414083internal_
intervals12810133intervals
laterals8312753later_als
literals8312293liter_als
materials11510793materials
maternal1047803maternal_
paternal1038333paternal_
sternal73411913_sternal_

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641356.29623608.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.73526531.7
 
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