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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 “handrail” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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60 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
handrail124730(None) 
handrails1346511handrails
handball1487032handball
handmaid1546132handmaid
hangnail1253662hangnail
mandril1049352mandr_il
android9311513_android
antral65719413_antra_l
anural65714743_anura_l
bandaid11310483band_aid
bangtail1144353bangtail
bedrail1037253_bedrail
cantraip12326393cantraip
contrail10410983contrail
drail65020973___drail
engrail846263_engrail
fantail10310233fan_tail
guardrail1151903guardrail
hadal95518123ha_d_a_l
hadarim13117453ha_darim
handax1749583hand_a_x
handbag1495863handba_g
handbags15116363handbags
handballs15116183handballs
handbell14114523handbell
handbill14115163handbill
handcar1337373handca_r
handcars1437623handcars
handcart1449323handcart
handcraft18115473handcraft
handfast1546733handfast
handful14127253hand_ful
handgrip1543803handgrip
handily143610873hand__ily
handmade1545963handmade
handmaids1644543handmaids
handsaw1435533handsa_w
handsaws1545873handsaws
handsel11308723hand_sel
handsful1544083handsful
handwrit1547243handwrit
hangnails1353003hangnails
hardball14116303hardball
headsail1244423headsail
hindbrain1552853hindbrain
landfall1244203landfall
mandarin11411023mandarin
mandrake1546003mandrake
mandrel1038683mandr_el
mandrill1146613mandrill
mandrils1138493mandr_ils
manorial10311083manorial
manurial1047793manurial
monorail1059773monorail
panbroil1243673panbroil
sandal73317283sand_a_l
spandril1144093spandr_il
taffrail1442353taffrail
tendril836783tendr_il
vandal103713833vand_a_l

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162607.26620115.9
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691607.70223200.6
 
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