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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 “referral” 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.

58 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
referral114440(None) 
deferral1244351deferral
referrals1243491referrals
deferrals1343682deferrals
referred1297832referred
referrer11136052referrer
reversal1145842reversal
cerebral1266183cerebral
conferral1446323conferral
deferrable1644853deferrable
deferred13106363deferred
deferrer12135593deferrer
demersal1145263demersal
demurral1143943demurral
deverbal1444483deverbal
eternal72910893_eternal
federal1148533fede_ral
feral85424653__fe_ral
ferial94621253__ferial
ferrel92810203__ferrel
general81010933gene_ral
infernal1186823infernal
preferred1555003preferred
preferrer1443893preferrer
prefeudal1542383prefeudal
preverbal1643883preverbal
reburial1046203reburial
refeel93913243refe__el
refel84920813refe___l
refell94214443refe__ll
refer84822143refe_r__
referable1439623referable
referee101615753refe_ree
refereed12149693refereed
referees111310413referees
referent112813423referent
referrers12125373referrers
referring1338033referring
refers93921083refe_r_s
reformat1357653reformat
refusal1056893ref_usal
refutal1046943ref_utal
regental948943regental
rehearsal1242343rehearsal
remedial1147543remedial
renewal1038703rene_wal
repeal84718283repe__al
reseal64819643rese__al
restoral8810983restoral
retral64419743r__etral
retrial7615553re_trial
reveal94115053reve__al
revenual1144783revenual
reversals1245203reversals
ruderal837373rude_ral
several1039533seve_ral
ureteral856233urete_ral
venereal1145083venereal

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162586.75321644.0
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691587.20224811.3
 
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