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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 “festal” 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.

54 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
festal9421356(None) 
fetal85623371fe_tal
vestal94615571vestal
bestial9311642bestial
cental84420962cental
cesta75419482cesta_
cestas85018542cestas
costal85419512costal
crestal9312132crestal
dental74319172dental
distal73615772distal
estral64716512_estral
fatal84819372f_atal
feal713940422fe__al
fecal105119212fe_cal
fecial114714622fecial
feral85424652fe_ral
ferial94621252ferial
fest74949442fest__
festally1437542festally
fester94723512fester
festival1444712festival
fests85828042fest_s
feta76528902fe_ta_
fetas85624402fe_tas
fetial95716192fetial
feudal1037682feudal
fiesta938122fiesta_
fiestas1038432fiestas
fiscal1139332fiscal
foetal9311882foetal
fontal9313142fontal
forestal11410282forestal
gestalt8411172gestalt
instal6712192instal
meatal84114732meatal
mental84521602mental
mescal104113492mescal
mesial84818082mesial
metal75427382me_tal
petal76526892pe_tal
postal84317532postal
rectal84418132rectal
rental63922022rental
reseal64819642reseal
septal84513382septal
setal56430902se_tal
tectal83713252tectal
testa54822042testa_
testae64216252testae
vesta86618302vesta_
vestals104612332vestals
vestas95916682vestas
vestral104111012vestral

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551542.25036689.3
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691542.60968490.2
 
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