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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 “cereals” 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.

29 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
cereals931317(None) 
cereal8315831cereal_
aerials74017552aerials
carpals113414622carpals
centals94317052centals
ceramals1246512ceramals
cercal10314122cercal_
cerebrals1354832cerebrals
ceres75540012cere__s
cereus85215522cere_us
cerias83321982ceria_s
cervelas1344672cervelas
corals85325142cor_als
corrals93713852corrals
craals84113302c_raals
creaks124315962c_reaks
creams104715252c_reams
creels84416942c_reels
curtals93111622curtals
ferals94216642fer_als
herbals122710602herbals
reals55038652__reals
repeals94014522repeals
rereads81512292rereads
reseals73917662reseals
reveals103812722reveals
serials73919742serials
servals103410742servals
verbals121910742verbals

Search took 4 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 Limit107671292.96636301.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691293.35853213.5
 
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