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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 “prosaical” 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.

29 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
prosaical134697(None) 
prosaic11311162prosaic__
prosaically1847842prosaically
prosodical1545592prosodical
acrostical1445833acrostical
archaical1645903archaical
cosmical1448013_cosmical
dropsical1443723dropsical
eristical1148433eristical
erotical101911983ero_tical
gnostical1246203gnostical
ironical1049963iro_nical
parodical1447563paro_dical
pharisaical1863003pharisaical
physical1845703phys_ical
poetical12311533p_oetical
pollical1247953p_ollical
practical1548843practical
prodigal1246003pro_digal
proemial1249183proemi_al
prosaism1268043prosai_sm
prosaisms1346273prosaisms
prosaist10611583prosai_st
prosaists1157503prosaists
prosomal1248543pros_omal
proviral1346493pro_viral
proximal1945183pro_ximal
rustical1048393_rustical
tropical1248733tro_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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641296.95621368.7
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.38924183.4
 
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