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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 “pascal” 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.

41 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
pascal1081237(None) 
pascals11610011pascals
paschal14157241paschal
rascal8511121rascal
apical10913902apical
basal75722282bas_al
caecal103713732caecal
casual81112862casual
faecal11359812faecal
fascial1258302fascial
faucal11339962faucal
fiscal1139332fiscal
jacal14313702ja_cal
laical8312322laical
lascar868572lascar
mescal104113482mescal
nasal56217592nas_al
nasial6413282nasial
paca85132242pa_ca_
pacas96029402pa_cas
paleal84716672paleal
palpal104112052palpal
papal95820672pa_pal
parcel103915472parcel
parral85517532parral
paschals1566472paschals
pasha105417182pasha_
pashas115117062pashas
passel85117002passel
pasta76624532pasta_
pastas85422872pastas
pastel85918712pastel
pastil85018322pastil
pausal81511962pausal
phaseal1245672phaseal
pical95524372p_ical
plical10411682plical
postal84317532postal
rascals959662rascals
vasal85516292vas_al
vassal979242vassal

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 Limit82551412.29635954.3
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.65567303.6
 
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