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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 “central” 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.

45 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
central9311447(None) 
cental84420961cent_al
centra84113881centra_
centrals102712031centrals
ventral103612171ventral
antral65719412_antral
benthal1247952benthal
cantal84122032cant_al
canthal12410052canthal
cantrap113310282cantrap
censual937662censual
centai84814782cent_ai
centals94317052cent_als
centare93113702centare
centas85020702cent_as
centraler1146682centraler
centrally1448892centrally
centre84316642centr_e
centred103411682centred
centres93817122centres
centric11312402centric
centrical1348352centrical
centrum1168602centrum
centurial1147952centurial
citral81113892c_itral
contra83314702contra_
contrail10410982contrail
contras93015622contras
control9310692control
dental74319172dent_al
dentural948082dentural
dextral1577002dextral
enteral73516442_enteral
enthral103410932_enthral
entrap8710562_entrap
estral64716512_estral
general81010932general
mental84521602ment_al
neutral737922neutral
peytral1287502peytral
rental63922022rent_al
retral64419742re_tral
sceptral1244512sceptral
ventrals112910002ventrals
vestral104111012vestral

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671453.60629858.8
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691453.99844695.1
 
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