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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 “faecal” 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.

33 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
faecal1135981(None) 
caecal103713731caecal
faucal11339961faucal
fecal105119211f_ecal
aecial84817312_aecial
caeca93915132caeca_
cecal94619112_cecal
daedal849082daedal
decal85523232_decal
facial113615632facial
faeces114713122faeces
faena85014202faena_
faenas94412762faenas
fallal93612692fallal
farfal123410192farfal
fascial1258302fascial
fatal84819372fa_tal
faucals12326562faucals
faucial1257322faucial
faunal94711592faunal
feal713940422f_e_al
fecial114714622f_ecial
feral85424652f_eral
fetal85623372f_etal
fiscal1139332fiscal
focal104917672f_ocal
foetal9311882foetal
haemal113811652haemal
jacal14313702ja_cal
laical8312322laical
pascal10812372pascal
rascal8511122rascal
thecal113310312thecal

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 Filter178691825510.670266703.0
2DLD Change Limit82551334.31319140.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691334.98335860.1
 
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