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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 “cereal” 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.

53 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
cereal831583(None) 
cercal10314121cercal
cereals9313171cereals
aerial64625712aerial
areal55928732_areal
boreal84817212boreal
carnal83919212carnal
carpal103716252carpal
cecal94619112ce_cal
cental84420962cental
ceramal1138842ceramal
cere66741472cere__
cerebral1266182cerebral
cered85227442cere_d
ceres75540012cere_s
cereus85215522cereus
ceria75125352ceria_
cerias83321982cerias
choreal124412222choreal
coral76033452cor_al
corneal94414502corneal
corral83616252corral
craal74117752c_raal
creak115418432c_reak
cream95721352c_ream
credal9311672credal
creedal1037092creedal
creel75121482c_reel
cuneal8611512cuneal
curial84019152curial
curtal83914542curtal
dermal93614342dermal
feral85424652fer_al
ferial94621252ferial
herbal112513492herbal
hereat93527412hereat
irreal657832irreal
loreal63814312loreal
perea75026442perea_
real45750292__real
repeal84718282repeal
reread71715432reread
reseal64819642reseal
reveal94115052reveal
seral56336382ser_al
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
tergal72912832tergal
unreal64414452unreal
ureal56722682_ureal
verbal112513662verbal
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.95327955.0
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691533.32953677.1
 
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