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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 “sepal” 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.

113 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
sepal7772300(None) 
seal45654371se_al
sepals85217371sepals
septal84513381septal
seral56336381seral
setal56430901setal
tepal76319581tepal
appal95315222appal
cecal94619112cecal
copal95621782copal
deal56347412de_al
decal85523232decal
dedal75719022dedal
egal55119432_egal
espial839542espial
feal713940422fe_al
fecal105119212fecal
feral85424652feral
fetal85623372fetal
heal75645692he_al
hemal104419802hemal
keypal1534892keypal
leal46043272le_al
legal65715942legal
meal65643172me_al
medal86221332medal
metal75427382metal
nopal75517102nopal
opal66923522_opal
pal56761672__pal
papal95820672papal
peal68648102pe_al
pedal86022502pedal
penal75228372penal
pepla9312862pepla
petal76526892petal
pipal95118352pipal
pupal97616872pupal
real45750292re_al
regal65023792regal
renal55929502renal
repay104818452repay
repeal84718282repeal
repel74921402repel
sabal75422482sabal
sal36462882s__al
salal55425702salal
sea36161292se_a_
seals54839692se_als
seam66645972se_am
sear47353842se_ar
seas45755272se_as
seat47575562se_at
secpar1037922secpar
sedan65620422sedan
seel45042982se_el
sel38253322se__l
selah8319612selah
sell45840612se_ll
sendal73314992sendal
sepaled10510592sepaled
sepia75318672sepia
sepias83616102sepias
sepic94617052sepic
sepoy10314302sepoy
sept65844362sep_t
septa75518082septa
septs75420602septs
sera46141392sera_
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
serail64222672serail
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
seta45637312seta_
setae56026222setae
sewan85921292sewan
sewar85421102sewar
sexual1338412sexual
sheal84927702sheal
shoal83920272shoal
sial45938832s_ial
sisal54217732sisal
skoal93811462skoal
spa55730812s_pa_
spae65034322s_pae
spail74921552s_pail
spale74929212s_pale
spall74919302s_pall
spam85930042s_pam
span65234662s_pan
spar65433302s_par
spas67036722s_pas
spat66548522s_pat
spay96631662s_pay
spaz155626162s_paz
speak114618672speak
spean74620512spean
spear75821062spear
speel74420762speel
speil75618642speil
spell75020302spell
steal56125472steal
sural55931262sural
teal45546502te_al
tepa66021682tepa_
tepals85415042tepals
tepas76521682tepas
typal105311152typal
veal76936812ve_al
venal85523212venal
weal75838682we_al
zeal135530332ze_al

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit538001131.65632487.9
3Display Results1131130.0303766.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911132.02988068.5
 
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