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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 “rectal” 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.

66 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
rectal8441813(None) 
recital9412161recital
recoal84117971recoal
recta74220261recta_
rental63922021rental
rictal83113181rictal
tectal83713251tectal
acetal84314902acetal
aecial84817312aecial
cecal94619112cec_al
cental84420962cental
crestal9312132crestal
decal85523232dec_al
dental74319172dental
ductal938992ductal
fecal105119212fec_al
fecial114714622fecial
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
fractal1237622fractal
meatal84114732meatal
mental84521602mental
metal75427382me_tal
nectar838852nectar
octal71214722_octal
petal76526892pe_tal
racial83419242racial
ratal55025112r_atal
real45750292re__al
reata54225392reata_
reatas64021012reatas
recall83815722recall
recap95718022rec_ap
recitals1039762recitals
reclad9311872reclad
recoals94214622recoals
recoat84024272recoat
recoil84016722recoil
rectally1339712rectally
recti73619622rect_i
recto74520802rect_o
rector84019752rector
rectos85718782rectos
rectum103411282rectum
rectus83314632rectus
recusal968672recusal
redial74923112redial
redtail858712redtail
refutal1046942refutal
regal65023792re_gal
regnal74812932regnal
renal55929502re_nal
rentals74017472rentals
repeal84718282repeal
reseal64819642reseal
retag63618412re_tag
retail65522072re_tail
retax124517972re_tax
retial64724992retial
retotal739842retotal
retral64419742retral
reveal94115052reveal
septal84513382septal
setal56430902se_tal
tecta74215522tecta_
vestal94615572vestal

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 Limit82551662.36034979.2
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.73665311.0
 
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