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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 “meals” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

255 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
meals7593337(None) 
deals65435341deals
heals85733451heals
meads85425321meads
meal65643171meal_
mealy104422181mealy
means75831231means
meats75034051meats
medals94218051medals
mells75031331mells
mels65941531me_ls
merls77423901merls
metals84520881metals
mewls105813231mewls
peals75235491peals
reals55038651reals
seals54839691seals
teals56234131teals
veals84926191veals
weals85428741weals
zeals145320851zeals
aals49941142_aals
als36663022__als
baals76122702baals
bals66354042_bals
beads85429502beads
beaks115326622beaks
beams95328172beams
beans75734692beans
bears75739042bears
beats76042242beats
beaus75127112beaus
bells76432162bells
bels66142492be_ls
ceils75019402ceils
cells75428062cells
cels65534972ce_ls
coals76129602coals
dals57145122_dals
deads75726912deads
deal56347412deal_
dealt65234282dealt
deans66131392deans
dears65736882dears
decals93717712decals
deils65722862deils
dells66630942dells
dels56745472de_ls
dhals95415442dhals
dials64925342dials
duals65620082duals
earls56127512_earls
ears46356592_ears
eats47054872_eats
eels46536742_eels
ells46431352_ells
els37645722_e_ls
emails84412342emails
feal713940422feal_
fears84829392fears
feats86432752feats
feels85223042feels
fells85327382fells
ferals94216642ferals
foals85721692foals
gals57946502_gals
gears64628692gears
gels56836102ge_ls
goals65521292goals
heads95127112heads
heal75645692heal_
heaps105223222heaps
hears86737372hears
heats85838402heats
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hells85032042hells
herls85226432herls
ideals75012502ideals
jeans126022112jeans
jells125522162jells
keas86337092kea_s
keels94622412keels
leads66028492leads
leafs85721182leafs
leaks95923912leaks
leal46043272leal_
leans55536252leans
leaps75522932leaps
lears55938732lears
leas45954182lea_s
legals73412732legals
maars74621632maars
macs86742512m_acs
mads76845372m_ads
maes66948402m_aes
mags75444532m_ags
mails76037782mails
male66052302m_ale
males75049792m_ales
mall64639372m_all
malls76233432malls
malm85129982m_alm
malms95021552m_alms
malt66254812m_alt
malts76331752m_alts
mans66354552m_ans
maps86141052m_aps
marls75535162marls
mars66261872m_ars
mas58175822m_a_s
mass66044942m_ass
mats65460292m_ats
mauls76524952mauls
maws96437142m_aws
mays96940032m_ays
mead75531602mea_d
mealie82519812mealie
mealies92821932mealies
mean65538092mea_n
meanly115412042meanly
meant76537212meant
meany104620482meany
measle83513222measle
measles92412752measles
measly113610442measly
meat66359602mea_t
meatus85112922meatus
meaty107021312meaty
medal86221332medal_
medials103914732medials
meds75735362me_ds
meeds84920272meeds
meets74224612meets
megass9219442megass
megs75530632me_gs
mel56047482me_l_
meld75830472me_ld
melds84822382melds
mell64935612me_ll
melt65752892me_lt
melts74930102melts
memes94927702memes
memos95719112memos
mems85931502me_ms
menads95514382menads
mends84927692mends
menials94015682menials
menus75822842menus
meous76120062meous
meows104612682meows
mercs96020452mercs
meres75143572meres
merks114722402merks
merl65830972merl_
merle75824372merle
merles85322762merles
mesas76823202mesas
mescals112911562mescals
mess65932432me_ss
metal75427382metal_
metes74736212metes
meths105320232meths
metis75025902metis
metols84115772metols
mewl95618322mewl_
mews96629332me_ws
mezcals20246532mezcals
mezes167719262mezes
miauls8178712miauls
mills75435052mills
mils66045332m_ils
moans74624372moans
moas65545342moa_s
moats75827642moats
modals93914452modals
moils76125752moils
molas75132092molas
molls75129782molls
mols65948572m_ols
mools76027172mools
morals85324632morals
mulls75124152mulls
murals84016762murals
neaps75618322neaps
nears55529422nears
neats55931902neats
opals75718352opals
orals55826482orals
ovals85413392ovals
pals66951352_pals
peags86122842peags
peaks114825622peaks
peal68648102peal_
peans75437642peans
pearls84715392pearls
pears75138612pears
peas65755062pea_s
peats76140192peats
pedals94316032pedals
peels75226422peels
petals84719812petals
reads64835272reads
real45750292real_
reales64934122reales
realm75621622realm
realms84913492realms
reams75729622reams
reaps75626192reaps
rears54739652rears
reels55333262reels
rials55026672rials
sals46851672_sals
seal45654372seal_
seams75731662seams
sears54744912sears
seas45755272sea_s
seats54844342seats
seels55632822seels
sells55134432sells
sels46345982se_ls
sepals85217372sepals
sheals94420642sheals
sials54227242sials
smears84714432smears
smells83914742smells
steals64020062steals
taels56822072taels
teaks94222902teaks
teal45546502teal_
teams75726512teams
tears55436462tears
teas45851492tea_s
teats55636812teats
teels55726372teels
tells55828942tells
tels46841692te_ls
tepals85415042tepals
veal76936812veal_
vealy115817772vealy
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
weal75838682weal_
weald95615022weald
wealds10459102wealds
weans85326742weans
wears86030302wears
wells85426192wells
wheals124512522wheals
yeahs115214552yeahs
yeans86624882yeans
years84527672years
yeas78638422yea_s
yells85821942yells
zeal135530332zeal_

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538002551.61033416.1
3Display Results2552550.0763355.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912551.99989390.2
 
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