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

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

57 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
postanal104805(None) 
postal84317532post__al
postaxial1845302postaxial
postcaval1662912postcaval
postnasal1143032postnasal
postnatal1144462postnatal
postoral10311722postoral
postural1049202postural
costal85419513cost__al
fontanel1145553fontanel
nontonal849743nontonal
octanol944743_octanol
octantal1044563_octantal
octaval1243583_octaval
osteal6312963_ost_eal
pastina93914593pastina_
pastinas103712153pastinas
pastoral10310483pastoral
pastural1038413pastural
pentanol1046173pentanol
piscinal1285843piscinal
poetical12311533poetical
polytonal1444923polytonal
portal84218463port__al
portance12310113portance
portapak1642343portapak
portrayal1442473portrayal
posada937163pos_ada_
posadas1037193pos_adas
positional1247903positional
postage103214853posta_ge
postages112815323postages
postally13310273postally
postals93716373posta_ls
postbag1245223post_bag
postcava15134033postcava_
postcavae1653033postcavae
postcavas1653523postcavas
postcranial1553483postcranial
postfixal2142493postfixal
postgrad1245493postgrad
postheat13411243postheat
postin83521033postin__
posting105622243postin_g
postings112912303postings
postins93721203postin_s
postman112410043post_man
posttax1645533post_tax
posttrial1146513posttrial
postwar1236903post_war
preanal9310713p_reanal
rostral7311333rost_ral
stanol6310723__stanol
statal61613223__statal
tetanal738023_tetanal
tostada894953tostada_
tostadas994523tostadas

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 Filter1786911461620.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit146162577.50019488.3
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691577.67223291.3
 
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