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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 “tropicals” 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.

36 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
tropicals134561(None) 
tropical1248731tropical_
topical1139952t_opical_
troopials1143832troopi_als
tropically1749842tropically
tropics113610652tropic__s
troupials1142932troupi_als
apicals1159923__apicals
dropsical1443723dropsical_
erotical101911983erotical_
ironical1049963ironical_
prodigals1344233prodigals
proposals1346673proposals
radicals112610163_radicals
ticals83214713t___icals
topically1649533t_opically
topics104714583t_opic__s
toxical1637643t_oxical_
tragical1148213tragical_
trials64319883tr__i_als
tribals9610753tr__ibals
trifocals1444043trifocals
triticale1147513triticale
triticales1246263triticales
trocars959043tro__cars
troikas1135033tro_ika_s
troopial1045483troopi_al_
trophically2147553trophically
tropic103014193tropic___
tropicalize2454313tropicalize
tropicalizes2554123tropicalizes
tropines102214923tropi_nes
tropins93116313tropi__ns
tropisms1247723tropi_sms
troupial1044183troupi_al_
typical1436343t_ypical_

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641367.36020195.8
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.80922882.7
 
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