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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 “serials” 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.

55 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
serials7391974(None) 
aerials74017551aerials
serails73318361serails
serial64625861serial_
servals103410741servals
aerial64625712aerial_
burials93612082burials
cereals9313172cereals
cerias83321982ceria_s
decrials1137132decrials
denials84114132denials
derails84216392derails
espials937092espials
fecials123510332fecials
ferals94216642fer_als
ferial94621252ferial_
ferias95020392feria_s
fetials103711742fetials
herbals122710602herbals
medials103914732medials
menials94015682menials
perils84121852peri_ls
redials84416882redials
retrials8510822retrials
rials55026672__rials
seals54839692se__als
sendals81912262sendals
sepals85217372se_pals
sepias83616102sepia_s
seracs84418572ser_acs
serail64222672serail_
serais64326132ser_ais
seral56336382ser_al_
serdabs1035322serdabs
serialise9912142serialise
serialism11811982serialism
serialist9715112serialist
serially11912842serially
seriate73722472seriate
seriates82620672seriates
series64540972seri_es
serifs94017052seri_fs
serines74229542serines
serins64029672seri_ns
serious73616282serious
serval93913412serval_
shrills10389932shrills
sials54227242s__ials
socials999632socials
specials1238032specials
spirals93212512spirals
tertials8510072tertials
trials64319882_trials
urials64415192_urials
verbals121910742verbals

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671553.71628975.0
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.87246149.5
 
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