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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 “acetal” 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.

33 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
acetal8431490(None) 
aceta74017351aceta_
acetals93411351acetals
acetyl11396551acetyl
abettal946072abettal
acetate92514752acetate
acetic10314502acetic
acetin8314692acetin
acetum1038462acetum
acetyls12285352acetyls
acta69524802ac_ta_
actual8311022actual
aecial84817312aecial
aortal65217512aortal
apetaly1237252apetaly
areal55928732are_al
artal55525472a_rtal
caecal103713732caecal
cantal84122032cantal
cecal94619112_cecal
cental84420962_cental
fetal85623372_fetal
foetal9311882foetal
gametal1037602gametal
hyetal1236542hyetal
lacteal966822lacteal
metal75427382_metal
octal71214722oc_tal
petal76526892_petal
rectal84418142rectal
setal56430902_setal
tapetal938272tapetal
tectal83713252tectal

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit82551333.73322113.8
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.20242525.2
 
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