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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 “fecal” 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.

88 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
fecal10511921(None) 
cecal94619111cecal
decal85523231decal
faecal11359811faecal
feal713940421fe_al
fecial114714621fecial
feral85424651feral
fetal85623371fetal
focal104917671focal
aecial84817312aecial
becalm1239202becalm
becap114315052becap
caecal103713732caecal
ceca84820782ceca_
cercal10314122cercal
deal56347412de_al
decaf114919442decaf
decals93717712decals
decay114718482decay
dedal75719022dedal
ducal84816422ducal
egal55119432_egal
facial113615632facial
fatal84819372fatal
faucal11339962faucal
fear75337792fe_ar
feat76458222fe_at
feces105625362feces
fecials123510332fecials
feck134923432fec_k
feckly18335962feckly
fecks145417852fecks
fecula113310052fecula
feel75233842fe_el
fell76833072fe_ll
fella84918652fella
female11310552female
ferals94216642ferals
ferial94621252ferial
festal94213562festal
feta76528902feta_
fetas85624402fetas
fetial95716192fetial
feuar8310242feuar
feudal1037682feudal
final83922032final
fiscal1139332fiscal
foal76630922f_oal
foetal9311882foetal
fugal95613032fugal
heal75645692he_al
hemal104419802hemal
jacal14313702jacal
leal46043272le_al
legal65715942legal
local74820272local
meal65643172me_al
medal86221332medal
mescal104113492mescal
metal75427382metal
mezcal19367852mezcal
peal68648102pe_al
pecan91919032pecan
pedal86022502pedal
penal75228372penal
petal76526892petal
pical95524372pical
real45750292re_al
recall83815732recall
recap95718022recap
recoal84117982recoal
rectal84418142rectal
regal65023792regal
renal55929512renal
seal45654372se_al
sepal77723002sepal
seral56336382seral
setal56430902setal
teal45546502te_al
tectal83713252tectal
tepal76319582tepal
thecal113310312thecal
tical76021492tical
veal76936812ve_al
venal85523212venal
vocal104715642vocal
weal75838682we_al
zeal135530332ze_al

Search took 5 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 Filter178691538000.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit53800883.28316387.5
3Display Results88880.0601466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691883.96645055.7
 
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