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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 “seminal” 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.

31 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
seminal9121341(None) 
geminal10109911geminal
semina8915571semina_
seminar979761seminar
germinal1147262germinal
laminal94113632laminal
liminal93810672liminal
luminal93711002luminal
nominal92712372nominal
reginal84814292reginal
retinal75318352retinal
ruminal9289992ruminal
seconal9310072seconal
semibald1344562semibald
semifinal1444702semifinal
semigala1144632semigala
semimat11412912semimat
seminally1458802seminally
seminars1079052seminars
seminary1398102seminary
semioval1346222semioval
semiraw1246052semiraw
semitonal1157042semitonal
serial64625862seri_al
somital939402somital
spinal84915312s_pinal
staminal1046982staminal
tegminal1144452tegminal
terminal1039732terminal
veinal93812962ve_inal
viminal12288822viminal

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671313.43631336.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.84246509.9
 
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