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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 “canals” 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
canals8442167(None) 
cabals104020151cabals
canal75428041canal_
cantals93919571cantals
aals49941142_a_als
anal48037522_anal_
anas46649862_ana_s
anils56326722_anils
anlas55626932_anlas
annals66415922annals
baals76122702ba_als
banal75925992banal_
cabal95222152cabal_
cabala103516912cabala
cabalas113516002cabalas
cacaos104616182cacaos
cacas95627982caca_s
callas84526752callas
calls75634732ca_lls
camails11311752camails
camas96333522cama_s
camass104114182camass
camels105217082camels
canaled103615562canaled
canalise10816212canalise
canape10913522canape
canapes111213082canapes
canard9314762canard
canards10311202canards
canary11314692canary
cancans11311872cancans
cancels114113312cancels
candle94321482candle
candles104422342candles
caners84629202caners
canes75350372can_es
canfuls1248422canfuls
canids95118132canids
cannas84518402cannas
cannels93413362cannels
canoes84725882canoes
canola8313622canola
canolas9313992canolas
canons85522062canons
cans65050852can__s
cansos84915382cansos
cantal84122032cantal_
cantala94114672cantala
cantalas104013522cantalas
cantle84522152cantle
cantles94721412cantles
cantos84826972cantos
cants77036942can_ts
cantus85117762cantus
canula8312962canula
canulas9312852canulas
canvas113813332canvas
canvass12376872canvass
carats85929022carats
carls77037422ca_rls
carnal83919212carnal_
carols85124982carols
carpals113414632carpals
casas75327842casa_s
casuals91410532casuals
catalo8314852catalo
catalos9414162catalos
catnaps1197032catnaps
cauls75727772ca_uls
causals91411182causals
cavils114014392cavils
centals94317052centals
coals76129602c_oals
copals105018942copals
corals85325142corals
craals84113302craals
finals94316162finals
gayals1039512gayals
halals95018312halals
hamals114816832hamals
jacals1539872jacals
kanas95326912kana_s
lanais6316792lanais
manas76240432mana_s
manats84623462manats
manuals9311222manuals
nanas55928632nana_s
nasals63312462nasals
panels84716522panels
qanats154112812qanats
ratals64219582ratals
sabals84618862sabals
salals65120082salals
sandals82715202sandals
scandals1136992scandals
tamals84116632tamals
vandals113211662vandals
vinals94716482vinals

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 Filter178691825510.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit82551983.01627371.0
3Display Results98980.0303266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691983.44951809.5
 
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