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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 “cercal” 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
cercal1031412(None) 
cecal94619111ce_cal
cereal8315831cereal
aerial64625712aerial
caecal103713732caecal
caracal11312512caracal
carcel105018672carcel
carnal83919202carnal
carpal103716252carpal
ceca84820782ce_ca_
cental84420962cental
ceramal1138842ceramal
cerci93716392cerc_i
cercis104614492cercis
cercus105013152cercus
cereals9313172cereals
ceria75125352ceria_
cerias83321982cerias
cervical1546852cervical
circa9311402circa_
clerical1248232clerical
coccal9310222coccal
coral76033452cor_al
corral83616252corral
craal74117752c_raal
credal9311672credal
curial84019152curial
curtal83914542curtal
decal85523232de_cal
dermal93614342dermal
fecal105119212fe_cal
feral85424652fer_al
ferial94621252ferial
herbal112513492herbal
mescal104113482mescal
mezcal19367852mezcal
percale11314092percale
seral56336382ser_al
serial64625862serial
serval93913412serval
tercel83612992tercel
tergal72912832tergal
verbal112513662verbal
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551452.36034979.2
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.48671878.9
 
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