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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 “animal” 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.

35 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
animal8501625(None) 
anima74620071anima_
animals94111701animals
animas84418721animas
anal48037522an__al
anginal8310162anginal
anil46437432ani__l
animacy1446102animacy
animalic1258152animalic
animally1368642animally
animate91617212animate
animato91610622animato
anime75423202anim_e
animes84719592animes
animi74016662anim_i
animis84615942animis
animus84211612animus
annal56520762an_nal
anneal64812302anneal
annual64710702annual
anodal72512122anodal
anomaly1238842anomaly
antimale10312462antimale
antiman9313882antiman
antral65719412antral
anural65714742anural
apical10913902apical
axial124515192axi_al
intimal9109942intimal
lanital7310912lanital
maximal18347092maximal
minimal114010602minimal
nidal65217102_nidal
nival84915772_nival
primal104014622primal

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit82551355.31015546.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.09229332.1
 
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