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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 “ferals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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97 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
ferals9421664(None) 
feral85424651feral_
aerials74017552aerials
beryls11107882beryls
borals86721912borals
cereals9313172cereals
corals85325142corals
deals65435342de_als
decals93717712decals
derails84216392derails
derats74625062derats
derays105514252derays
earls56127512_earls
eras45441502_era_s
farads104713272farads
farfals13268502farfals
farls85731112far_ls
feal713940422fe_al_
fears84829392fe_ars
feats86432752fe_ats
fecal105119212fecal_
fecials123510332fecials
federals1247302federals
feels85223042fe_els
fellas95116962fellas
fells85327382fe_lls
female11310552female
females12310662females
ferbams1435742ferbams
feres86038182fer_es
ferial94621252ferial_
ferias95020392ferias
ferly115517352fer_ly
fermis114313502fermis
ferns85220082fer_ns
ferrels10248622ferrels
ferula93011172ferula
ferulas103110752ferulas
ferule93413202ferule
ferules103112722ferules
fetal85623372fetal_
fetas85624402feta_s
fetials103711742fetials
feuars938652feuars
finals94316162finals
florals104210062florals
foals85721692f_oals
forams115115912forams
forays124813002forays
formals123312892formals
frags96322172f_rags
frails93716472f_rails
fraps105620552f_raps
frass85321122f_rass
frats86829672f_rats
frays116920102f_rays
freaks134713062freaks
funerals1146452funerals
furans94515952furans
furls85322052fur_ls
gerahs1039412gerahs
gorals76917652gorals
heals85733452he_als
herald10311342herald
heralds1137712heralds
herbals122710602herbals
herls85226432her_ls
legals73412732legals
meals75933372me_als
medals94218052medals
merls77423902mer_ls
metals84520882metals
morals85324632morals
murals84016762murals
nerols6914882nerols
orals55826482_orals
peals75235492pe_als
pearls84715392pearls
pedals94316032pedals
perils84121852perils
petals84719812petals
reals55038652re_als
seals54839692se_als
sepals85217372sepals
seracs84418572seracs
serails73318362serails
serais64326132serais
seral56336382seral_
serials73919742serials
servals103410742servals
teals56234132te_als
tepals85415042tepals
terais64023512terais
veals84926192ve_als
verbals121910742verbals
weals85428742we_als
zeals145320852ze_als

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551972.42334069.7
3Display Results97970.0303233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691972.81363523.3
 
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