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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 “costal” 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.

63 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
costal8541951(None) 
coastal9411041coastal
coital84117051coital
costa75523731costa_
costae85319681costae
costar85518611costar
postal84317531postal
aortal65217512aortal
borstal939042borstal
cantal84122032cantal
casual81112862casual
cental84420962cental
cesta75419482cesta_
cestas85018542cestas
chital114313882chital
coal66939252co__al
coaxal15387302coaxal
coccal9310222coccal
coeval1138892coeval
comal95125132co_mal
copal95621782co_pal
coral76033452co_ral
corral83616252corral
cost68057942cost__
costally1339722costally
costard104113352costard
costars94218012costars
costate94019272costate
costed95623112costed
coster84331292coster
costly114012332costly
costrel9310372costrel
costs77231142cost_s
cotan71521782co_tan
cotta75818572cotta_
cottae84615702cottae
cottar84613812cottar
cottas84615572cottas
coxal146116672co_xal
crestal9312132crestal
crustal939022crustal
crystal1237432crystal
curtal83914542curtal
cuspal1037882cuspal
distal73615772distal
dossal75510302dossal
dotal64919622do_tal
festal94213562festal
foetal9311882foetal
fontal9313142fontal
hosta85917832hosta_
hostas94515822hostas
hostel93914152hostel
instal6712192instal
mortal84616852mortal
notal55221352no_tal
octal71214722_octal
osteal6312962_osteal
portal84218462portal
postals93716372postals
rostral7311332rostral
total55321822to_tal
vestal94615572vestal

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551632.53032628.9
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691632.90661490.4
 
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