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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 “septal” 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.

47 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
septal8451338(None) 
sepal77723001sep_al
septa75518081septa_
setal56430901se_tal
cental84420962cental
dental74319172dental
espial839542espial
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
heptad1237272heptad
lepta75714392lepta_
meatal84114732meatal
mental84521602mental
metal75427382me_tal
peptalk1554822peptalk
petal76526892pe_tal
rectal84418132rectal
rental63922022rental
repeal84718282repeal
sceptral1244512sceptral
seal45654372se__al
segetal868382segetal
seitan62613232seitan
sendal73314992sendal
sepals85217372sep_als
sepia75318672sepia_
sepias83616102sepias
sept65844362sept__
septage1078402septage
septate9511872septate
septet8921132septet
septic102713192septic
septical1259362septical
septs75420602sept_s
septum1038002septum
seral56336382se_ral
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
seta45637312se_ta_
setae56026222se_tae
sextan13389642sextan
sexual1338412sexual
spital83813872spital
statal61613222statal
tectal83713252tectal
tepal76319582tep_al
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 Limit82551472.22037185.1
3Display Results47470.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691472.56369719.5
 
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