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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 “oatmeal” 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.

80 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
oatmeal94497(None) 
oatmeals1043841oatmeals
osteal6312962ost_eal
anneal64812293_anneal
apneal83411123_apneal
appeal103911613_appeal
areal55928733_a_real
atabal839743_atabal
atma68121773_atm_a_
atman75520143_atm_an
atmas75721013_atm_as
atonal6514023_atonal
atrial65418943_atrial
balneal936573balneal
bateau8810563bat_eau
bathyal1544823bathyal
batman105214063batm_an
batmen104414303batme_n
batteau936343batteau
boatel84314093boat_e_l
boatman1147053boatm_an
boatmen1146913boatme_n
bonemeal1245163bonemeal
camel96822803ca_me_l
cameral11311283ca_meral
cathead1338753cathead
cornmeal1245853cornmeal
datival1135583datival
fatal84819373fat__al
fathead1437863fathead
gametal1037603ga_metal
gateau778113gat_eau
gateman1057473gateman
haemal113811643haem_al
hamal104623113ha_m_al
hammal134512063ha_mmal
lacteal966813lacteal
lateral7313573lateral
luteal64411483lut_eal
mammal95112753ma_mmal
matinal9312603matinal
meal65643173___meal
natal53921493nat__al
natural739513natural
nutmeat947953nutmeat
oaten55222403oat_e_n
oater55433733oat_e_r
oaters65029793oat_ers
octal71214723oct__al
octaval1243583octaval
oothecal1343913oothecal
optical1149863optical
optimal1145783optimal
ordeal779253o_rdeal
outbeam1137973outbeam
outeat62824533out_eat
outfeel1037543outfeel
outhear10910603outhear
outlead83311103outlead
outleap9298293outleap
outman83115033outm_an
outread82811093outread
outsell7109263outsell
outsmell1075523outsmell
outtell797883outtell
outwear1097713outwear
outyell1095843outyell
paleal84716673pa_leal
premeal11310523premeal
ramal74622243ra_m_al
ratal55025113rat__al
ratel54224883rat_e_l
sambal105215183sa_mbal
steal56125473_st_eal
tamal73522623ta_m_al
teal45546503__t_eal
vatical1239983vatical
wadmaal1343203wadmaal
wadmal1237283wadm_al
wadmel1235523wadme_l

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 Filter1786911340270.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit134027807.00019146.7
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691807.48323879.6
 
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