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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 “farfal” 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
farfal12341018(None) 
farfals13268501farfals
farfel124310431farfel
areal55928732_areal
argal65023392_argal
artal55525472_artal
arval86017012_arval
barbal104016662barbal
carful11610972carful
carnal83919202carnal
carpal103716252carpal
earful958962earful
facial113615632facial
faecal11359812faecal
fallal93612692fallal
farad95720672far_ad
fardel104712592fardel
farfalle1445062farfalle
farfels13348212farfels
farl76338552far__l
fatal84819372fa_tal
faucal11339962faucal
faunal94711592faunal
fearful1345592fearful
feral85424652fer_al
ferial94621252ferial
formal113215202formal
hartal9415472hartal
jarful1646682jarful
larval948502larval
narial6317952narial
narwal938942narwal
parral85517532parral
tarnal63716502tarnal
tarsal63315272tarsal

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.62631436.0
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.98259923.2
 
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