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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 “apneal” 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
apneal8341112(None) 
anneal64812291anneal
apnea73413411apnea_
apneas83211381apneas
apnoeal956191apnoeal
appeal103911611appeal
adnexal1543822adnexal
anal48037522a_n_al
anear55420322a_near
annal56520762a_nnal
anneals7449942anneals
annual64710702annual
apeak115513452ap_eak
apical10913902apical
apneic1078622apneic
apnoea867092apnoea_
apnoeas946352apnoeas
apodal9289832apodal
apogeal1045622apogeal
appal95315222ap_pal
appeals11378672appeals
appear10379342appear
appel94615892appe_l
apteral9311522apteral
areal55928732a_real
balneal936572balneal
cuneal8611512cuneal
lineal65616022lineal
paleal84716672paleal
panel76023622pane_l
peal68648102_p_eal
penal75228372_penal
pineal84817682pineal
tineal66216162tineal
vineal94814742vineal

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551352.54632423.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.92261153.7
 
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