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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 “ringtail” 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.

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
ringtail94472(None) 
ringtails1044441ringtails
bangtail1144352bangtail
pigtail1046622pi_gtail
pintail9311182pin_tail
ringtaw1154362ringta_w
ringtaws1243562ringtaws
springtail13132332springtail
bangtails1243593bangtails
brantail1046893bran_tail
engrail846263_engrail
entail61114343_en_tail
fantail10310233fan_tail
fishtail1443983fishtail
gingal81010153ging_a_l
gingall9117333ging_all
hangnail1253663hangnail
hightail1545273hightail
ingrain839523_ingrain
initial7311883_initial
instal6712193_insta_l
install779363_install
instil61111383_inst_il
jingal1498593jing_a_l
jingall1566173jing_all
lingual8379083lingua_l
minutial1046423minutial
pigtails1146033pi_gtails
pintails10310163pin_tails
ponytail1344553ponytail
rattail737803r_attail
redtail858713r_edtail
reinstall944563reinstall
renail65020763ren__ail
rental63922023ren_ta_l
retail65522073r__etail
rictal83113183ri_cta_l
ridgil8316823ridg__il
ringbark1544053ringbark
ringgit946013ring_git
ringhals1256263ringhals
ringtoss944203ringtoss
sprigtail12122773spri_gtail
springtails14112223springtails
ventail10310453ven_tail
wagtail1145043_wagtail
wingtip1343613wingt_ip

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162477.84618628.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691478.27921583.6
 
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