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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 “viral” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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98 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
viral8641959(None) 
vial76731091vi_al
vinal85725811vinal
virl76224471vir_l
vital84819671vital
aural54428962aural
binal75323822binal
birl65830472bir_l
boral75831702boral
chiral114614412chiral
citral81113892citral
coral76033452coral
dial55935062di_al
diram84419472diram
dirl57430022dir_l
dural64923892dural
feral85424652feral
final83922032final
girl56226552gir_l
goral65125752goral
gyral94412782gyral
horal86328682horal
jural125120482jural
lira46928682lira_
liras56021982liras
loral55927822loral
mitral81314322mitral
moral75533432moral
mural75225102mural
nidal65217102nidal
nival84915772nival
oral47638122_oral
pial65636702pi_al
pibal95217322pibal
pical95524372pical
pipal95118352pipal
rial45938092ri_al
rival85216502rival
riyal84413432riyal
rural55821172rural
seral56336382seral
sial45938832si_al
sisal54217732sisal
spiral83715342spiral
sural55931262sural
tical76021492tical
tidal64516442tidal
tirl45029922tir_l
trial54926352trial
urial54823022urial
vagal94613632vagal
vara75530882vara_
varas86028192varas
vasal85516292vasal
veal76936812v_eal
veinal93812962veinal
venal85523212venal
vera76828842vera_
verbal112513662verbal
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal
via65636242vi_a_
vials85822382vi_als
vicar10513862vicar
viga85622962viga_
vigas94817882vigas
vigil94313002vigil
vill75235072vi_ll
villa85321232villa
vina76331802vina_
vinals94716482vinals
vinas85126342vinas
vineal94814742vineal
vinyl115311622vinyl
viol76523592vi_ol
viola85915542viola
virago1046642virago
virally1339652virally
vireo84816452vireo
vires84529682vires
virga9310252virga
virgas1048882virgas
virid94116042virid
virile9313432virile
virls85618602virls
virtu85314092virtu
virtual1045912virtual
virus85316842virus
visa76323872visa_
visas84317652visas
visual938802visual
vita75828522vita_
vitae84217632vitae
vitals94514302vitals
viva106119092viva_
vivas114815022vivas
vocal104715642vocal
ziram163912892ziram

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800981.84629144.1
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.95291542.5
 
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