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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 “ideals” 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.

47 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
ideals7501250(None) 
deals65435341_deals
ideal65716391ideal_
ideas65919011idea_s
dals57145122_d_als
deads75726912_deads
deal56347412_deal_
dealt65234282_dealt
deans66131392_deans
dears65736882_dears
decals93717712_decals
deils65722862_deils
dells66630942_dells
dels56745472_de_ls
dhals95415442_dhals
dials64925342_dials
duals65620082_duals
heals85733462_heals
idea59122782idea__
idealess935652idealess
idealise938052idealise
idealism1147012idealism
idealist9310652idealist
ideally1137792ideally
ideate7313682ideate
ideates8313732ideates
ides57734242ide__s
idols65514132id_ols
idylls10425252idylls
idyls9498802id_yls
ileal56118082ileal_
meals75933382_meals
medals94218062medals
misdeals1147232misdeals
ordeals878002ordeals
peals75235492_peals
pedals94316032pedals
pineals93212852pineals
reals55038652_reals
seals54839702_seals
sheals94420642sheals
steals64020062steals
teals56234132_teals
veals84926192_veals
weals85428742_weals
wheals124512522wheals
zeals145320852_zeals

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551473.61022867.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.95245215.3
 
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