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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 “meal” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

293 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
meal6564317(None) 
deal56347411deal
feal713940421feal
heal75645691heal
leal46043271leal
mead75531601mead
meals75933371meals
mealy104422181mealy
mean65538091mean
meat66359601meat
medal86221331medal
mel56047481me_l
mell64935611mell
merl65830971merl
metal75427381metal
mewl95618321mewl
peal68648101peal
real45750291real
seal45654371seal
teal45546501teal
veal76936811veal
weal75838681weal
zeal135530331zeal
aal39058672_aal
al210674042__al
anal48037522anal
areal55928732areal
axal116520492axal
baal67033112baal
bal56662722_bal
bead75937922bead
beak106534382beak
beam86939232beam
bean66443862bean
bear66844642bear
beat66168302beat
beau66137272beau
bel57148462be_l
bell66237182bell
cecal94619112cecal
ceil65725062ceil
cel56040552ce_l
cell65031722cell
coal66939252coal
dal47554952_dal
dead65434242dead
deaf85838402deaf
deals65435342deals
dealt65234282dealt
dean56039482dean
dear55343602dear
decal85523232decal
dedal75719022dedal
deil56231622deil
del46752752de_l
dell56938202dell
dhal86719282dhal
dial55935062dial
dual55928172dual
ear36867882_ear
earl45838142_earl
eat36989052_eat
eau37450942_eau
eel37946842_eel
egal55119432egal
el26745292_e_l
ell36735682_ell
email74715102email
fear75337792fear
feat76458222feat
fecal105119212fecal
feel75233842feel
fell76833072fell
feral85424652feral
fetal85623372fetal
foal76630922foal
gal46055512_gal
gear55934972gear
gel45642432ge_l
goal55829302goal
head87137172head
heals85733452heals
heap96432892heap
hear76143882hear
heat77061422heat
heel75034222heel
heil76328932heil
hell75637892hell
hemal104419802hemal
herl75834552herl
ideal65716392ideal
ileal56118082ileal
jean116629282jean
jell117125872jell
kea76540912kea_
keas86337092keas
keel85729472keel
lea37660182lea_
lead56038852lead
leaf76441032leaf
leak86233712leak
lean46345242lean
leap66032682leap
lear47045952lear
leas45954182leas
legal65715942legal
ma410060662m_a_
maar66025062maar
mac78053932m_ac
mad68958712m_ad
mae57659112m_ae
maes66948402maes
mag67956482m_ag
mail65543452mail
male66052302m_ale
mall64639372mall
malm85129982m_alm
malt66254812m_alt
man57465872m_an
map77255122m_ap
mar57965952m_ar
marl66341622marl
mas58175822m_as
mat58083942m_at
maul64830722maul
maw87050102m_aw
max129045452m_ax
may88757632m_ay
me47748332me__
meads85425322meads
mealie82519812mealie
meanly115412042meanly
means75831232means
meant76537212meant
meany104620482meany
measle83513222measle
measly113610442measly
meatal84114732meatal
meats75034052meats
meaty107021312meaty
med66146742me_d
medals94218052medals
medial93819862medial
meds75735362meds
meed74934702meed
meek105624832meek
meet65350552meet
meg66040952me_g
mega77620872mega
megs75530632megs
meld75830472meld
mells75031332mells
mels65941532mels
melt65752892melt
mem77943472me_m
meme85330552meme
memo85924792memo
mems85931502mems
men59252852me_n
menad85918982menad
mend75334032mend
menial84223032menial
meno66031362meno
mensal84615662mensal
mental84521602mental
menu65130232menu
meou65325862meou
meow95117882meow
merc87225622merc
mere67244442mere
merk106027942merk
merle75824372merle
merls77423902merls
mesa67025482mesa
mesas76823202mesas
mescal104113492mescal
mesh96823002mesh
mesial84818082mesial
mess65932432mess
met56072432me_t
meta65932412meta
metals84520882metals
mete64438132mete
meth95827842meth
metol75917812metol
mew86137732me_w
mewls105813232mewls
mews96629332mews
mezcal19367852mezcal
meze154420902meze
miaul71612122miaul
mil55752112m_il
mill66541482mill
moa57249182moa_
moan65832022moan
moas65545342moas
moat66352032moat
modal85919242modal
moil65534092moil
mol56654592m_ol
mola66035632mola
molal75120342molal
moll66735702moll
mool67533862mool
moral75533432moral
mull65128802mull
mural75225112mural
neap66927012neap
near45236502near
neat46356782neat
opal66923522opal
oral47638122oral
oval77119522oval
pal56761672_pal
pea56657242pea_
peag75431342peag
peak106535202peak
peals75235492peals
pean66147172pean
pear69745232pear
pearl75324462pearl
peas65755062peas
peat65967932peat
pedal86022502pedal
peel65535612peel
penal75228372penal
petal76526892petal
pial65636702pial
read55942532read
realm75621622realm
reals55038652reals
ream65841612ream
reap65934742reap
rear45644552rear
reel45240532reel
regal65023792regal
renal55929502renal
rial45938092rial
sal36462882_sal
sea36161292sea_
seals54839692seals
seam66645972seam
sear47353842sear
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
seel45042982seel
sel38253322se_l
sell45840612sell
sepal77723002sepal
seral56336382seral
setal56430902setal
sheal84927702sheal
sial45938832sial
smear74416392smear
smell74916232smell
steal56125472steal
tael46030712tael
tea37353322tea_
teak85930842teak
teals56234132teals
team66238652team
tear45242882tear
teas45851492teas
teat45963632teat
teel46335802teel
tel35647902te_l
tela45532972tela
tell44934702tell
tepal76319582tepal
ureal56722682ureal
uveal84411072uveal
veals84926192veals
vealy115817772vealy
veil75523592veil
vela75725542vela
venal85523212venal
vial76731092vial
weak117126302weak
weald95615022weald
weals85428742weals
wean75734352wean
wear75836722wear
weel75834082weel
well75832042well
wheal115716182wheal
yea66445752yea_
yeah106725412yeah
yean75834582yean
year76534252year
yeas78638422yeas
yell76028322yell
zeals145320852zeals
zoeal144813782zoeal

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298722930.82636164.6
3Display Results2932930.0803662.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912931.186150666.9
 
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