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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 “vail” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

221 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
vail7543255(None) 
ail37171041_ail
avail8313881avail
bail65042801bail
fail74840241fail
hail74839061hail
jail115529091jail
kail85131491kail
mail65543451mail
nail45838651nail
pail66141831pail
rail46147761rail
sail45447161sail
tail45443651tail
vails85825931vails
vain75233001vain
vair75624141vair
vakil1259791vakil
veil75523591veil
vial76731091vial
wail75238821wail
aal39058672_aal
ai211288392_ai_
aid49269082_aid
ails45654712_ails
aim57858212_aim
ain37579092_ain
air38058392_air
ais39083572_ais
ait38093902_ait
al210674042_a_l
all36148232_all
anil46437432anil
aril45843022aril
avails939692avails
avid88325962avid
awl67635302_awl
axil116424452axil
baal67033112baal
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bait
bal56662722ba_l
ball66043322ball
basil75122272basil
bawl95326062bawl
boil66335182boil
brail75525552brail
caid77837532caid
cain65643912cain
call66838672call
carl65144782carl
caul65630002caul
cavil103816492cavil
ceil65725062ceil
coil66439652coil
dahl87019222dahl
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dais
dal47554952da_l
deil56231622deil
dial55935062dial
drail65020972drail
earl45838142earl
email74715102email
evil75318072evil
fails85631482fails
fain75840562fain
fair76332522fair
fall75535312fall
farl76338552farl
fil65447142_fil
flail85316182flail
foil76433912foil
frail85220212frail
gaily95020972gaily
gain56042162gain
gait56150192gait
gal46055512ga_l
gall56335992gall
gaol56925412gaol
grail64622872grail
haik115526982haik
hails85231642hails
hair76330142hair
hall75741162hall
harl75740002harl
haul75530452haul
heil76328932heil
jails125422942jails
jarl115828132jarl
kaif116933932kaif
kails95525212kails
kain85334292kain
laic65931562laic
laid56439142laid
lain46146282lain
lair45934152lair
lall45531312lall
maid75537662maid
maile75232222maile
maill74420792maill
mails76037782mails
maim85831492maim
main65345522main
mair66133782mair
mall64639372mall
marl66341622marl
maul64830722maul
mil55752112_mil
moil65534092moil
naif76839022naif
nails55730402nails
nil36144192_nil
noil46133242noil
oil37452052_oil
oval77119522ova_l
paid75737482paid
paik105726802paik
pails75833062pails
pain65647242pain
pair66031512pair
pal56761672pa_l
pall65039342pall
pawl95123262pawl
pial65636702pial
qaid146023842qaid
quail144314362quail
rai37658222rai_
raia46638382raia
raid55243072raid
rails55937402rails
rain46251732rain
rais45252622rais
rial45938092rial
roil46235292roil
said55742112said
sails55738102sails
sain45551292sain
sal36462882sa_l
sall44544682sall
saul45836522saul
sial45938832sial
snail57020202snail
soil46138832soil
spail74921552spail
swail86217162swail
tael46030712tael
tails55634192tails
tain45548072tain
tali46837162tali
tall47240212tall
til36350262_til
toil46536282toil
trail55126772trail
vac86537142va_c
vacs96226202vacs
vagal94613632vagal
vagi86719362vagi
vagile10310542vagile
vailed104619292vailed
vainly1258502vainly
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
vale74937342vale
valid94618392valid
vamp115521542vamp
van66246332va_n
vane75534692vane
vang84926042vang
vans76236732vans
vapid115614282vapid
var66148332va_r
vara75530882vara
varia85824202varia
varix154313512varix
vars75742072vars
vary105226062vary
vas67755772va_s
vasa76522972vasa
vasal85516292vasal
vase75629652vase
vast75045122vast
vat67863452va_t
vatic10316422vatic
vats76841742vats
vatu76524332vatu
vau66840872va_u
vault85823762vault
vaus75928922vaus
vav95829432va_v
vavs105720432vavs
vaw95937462va_w
vaws105527322vaws
veal76936812veal
veils84918802veils
vein75625752vein
vexil1538962vexil
via65636242v_ia
vials85822382vials
vid77241812v_id
vie65447632v_ie
vig75637522v_ig
vigil94313002vigil
vile76139802v_ile
vill75235072vill
vim87437022v_im
viol76523592viol
virl76224472virl
vis66747612v_is
void86220562void
voila84813942voila
voile84719722voile
waif105836752waif
wails86631482wails
wain75840202wain
wair75830052wair
wait75553692wait
wall76236102wall
waul76927312waul
wawl105321942wawl
yawl104918972yawl

Search took 9 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 Filter178691298721.453122980.7
2DLD Change Limit298722216.0634926.9
3Display Results2212210.330669.7
 (SQL Overall)1786912217.84622774.8
 
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