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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 “hospital” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
hospital134474(None) 
hospitals1443901hospitals
hospitable1743812hospitable
hospitably2052652hospitably
hospitia1344002hospitia
spital83813872__spital
capital112311523_capital
coital84117053co__ital
cosmical1448013cosmical
costal85419513cos__tal
cuspidal1343473cuspidal
despisal1144673despisal
espial839543_espi_al
hospice14117063hospi_ce
hospices1587633hospices
hospitalise1653393hospitalise
hospitality1953483hospitality
hospitalize2553863hospitalize
hospitium1652833hospitium
hospodar1442683hospodar
hosta85917833hos__ta_
hostas94515823hos__tas
hostel93914153hos__tel
nonhospital1663253nonhospital
nonvital1147023nonvital
orbital936923_orbital
postal84317533pos__tal
pulpital1243873pulpital
somital939403so_mital
spinal84915313__spinal
spiral83715343__spiral
spitals93011593__spitals
topical1139953to_pical

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162336.97020970.2
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.40624127.9
 
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