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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 “fecial” 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
fecial11471462(None) 
aecial84817311aecial
facial113615631facial
fecal105119211fec_al
fecials123510331fecials
ferial94621251ferial
fetial95716191fetial
aecia73819282aecia_
aerial64625712aerial
cecal94619112cec_al
decal85523232dec_al
decimal1238082decimal
decrial10310322decrial
denial74720512denial
facia103218462facia_
faciae112913412faciae
facials123310742facials
facias113415802facias
faecal11359812faec_al
fascial1258302fascial
faucial1257322faucial
feal713940422fe__al
fecula113310052fecula
feral85424652fe_ral
feria85922712feria_
feriae95618602feriae
ferias95020392ferias
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
fetials103711742fetials
feudal1037682feudal
filial93013252filial
finial92814182finial
focal104917672foc_al
genial74917612genial
medial93819862medial
menial84223032menial
mesial84818082mesial
penial84120892penial
racial83419242racial
recital9412162recital
recoal84117972recoal
rectal84418132rectal
redial74923112redial
retial64724992retial
serial64625862serial
social8813332social
special11310302special
tectal83713252tectal
telial65815362telial
uncial83715222uncial
venial94218282venial
xenial133414902xenial

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 Limit82551532.20337472.1
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691532.57669367.6
 
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