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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 “phial” 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.

62 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
phial1031320(None) 
phials1158871phials
pial65636701p_ial
axial124515192axial
chia96026622chia_
chiao105618362chiao
chias104625522chias
chiel104918972chiel
chill105619872chill
chiral114614412chiral
chital114313882chital
dhal86719282dh_al
dial55935062_dial
glial66715432glial
hail74839062_hail
heal75645692_heal
hila76228352_hila
hill76439492_hill
ilial55317842ilial
ohia75719362ohia_
ohias84415572ohias
pail66141832pai_l
pal56761672p__al
papal95820672papal
peal68648102p_eal
pedal86022502pedal
penal75228372penal
penial84120892penial
petal76526892petal
phat95837862ph_at
phi86524202phi__
phis95724902phi_s
phiz186718842phi_z
phonal11310382phonal
phyla13469182phyla
pia56848032p_ia_
pian66136092p_ian
pias66542552p_ias
pibal95217322pibal
pical95524372pical
pill65339462p_ill
pipal95118352pipal
plical10411682plical
prill74117942prill
primal104014622primal
pupal97616872pupal
rhinal9510192rhinal
rial45938092_rial
sheal84927702sheal
shiel811023772shiel
shill85325332shill
shoal83920272shoal
sial45938832_sial
thill85918732thill
thiol87616042thiol
thirl85416822thirl
trial54926352trial
uphill11106172uphill
urial54823022urial
vial76731092_vial
wheal115716182wheal
whirl114913822whirl

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit53800622.40622360.8
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691622.79563932.4
 
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