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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 “facial” 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.

51 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
facial11361563(None) 
facia103218461facia_
faciae112913411faciae
facials123310741facials
facias113415801facias
fascial1258301fascial
faucial1257321faucial
fecial114714621fecial
racial83419241racial
aecial84817312aecial
axial124515192_axial
bifacial15105272bifacial
facially1637642facially
facies113921592facies
facile112514882facile
facing125321572facing
factual1246722factual
facula112912232facula
faecal11359812faecal
fail74840242fa_i_l
fallal93612692fallal
farcical1546952farcical
farfal123410182farfal
fascia1148702fascia_
fasciae1247522fasciae
fascias1258412fascias
fatal84819372fa_tal
faucal11339962faucal
faunal94711592faunal
fecal105119212fec_al
fecials123510332fecials
ferial94621252ferial
fetial95716192fetial
filial93013252filial
finial92814182finial
focal104917672foc_al
fractal1237622fractal
gavial10310082gavial
glacial1038142glacial
jacal14313702jac_al
jackal1937612jackal
labial84714342labial
laical8312322laical
narial6317952narial
nasial6413282nasial
rachial122012172rachial
radial74020392radial
sacral83414412sacral
social8813332social
spacial1138762spacial
uncial83715222uncial

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 Limit82551512.62331472.0
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.98259923.2
 
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