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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 “impractical” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
impractical195308(None) 
impracticable2361772impracticable
impracticably2662072impracticably
impractically2454362impractically
practical1548842__practical
unpractical1753762unpractical
impartial1345183imp_arti_al
impolitical1753333impolitical
impracticality2561413impracticality
nonpractical1854233nonpractical
practicals1645543__practicals
apractic1448304_apractic__
didactical1673284_didactical
erratical1146904_erra_tical
impactful1851754imp_act_ful
impacting1635944imp_acti_ng
impaction1545734imp_acti_on
impactions1645414imp_actions
impactive1845284imp_acti_ve
piratical1348674_pira_tical
practic13312254__practic__
practicable1953834__practicable
practicably2254304__practicably
practically20410444__practically
practice1438734__practic_e
practiced1655114__practiced
practicer1544594__practicer
practices1557994__practices
practicum17133774__practicum
syntactical1883264syntactical
tactical1248844___tactical
timocratical1862944timocra_tical

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819329.31015984.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691329.74918329.2
 
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