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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 “dental” 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.

72 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
dental7431917(None) 
cental84420961cental
denial74720511denial
dentals83915391dentals
dentil74017881dentil
mental84521601mental
rental63922021rental
benthal1247952benthal
benzal1739642benzal
bidental1146582bidental
cantal84122032cantal
centai84814782centai
centals94317052centals
centas85020702centas
central93114472central
deal56347412de__al
decal85523232de_cal
dedal75719022de_dal
delta66117772delta_
deltas74414822deltas
denar65223292den_ar
denials84114132denials
dent57158412dent__
dentalia947532dentalia
dentally121110062dentally
dentate8315152dentate
dented84120512dented
dentils84115582dentils
dentin73919572dentin
dentinal939502dentinal
dents65031802dent_s
dentural948082dentural
dermal93614342dermal
detail74516432de_tail
dextral1577002dextral
distal73615772distal
dotal64919622d_otal
ductal938992ductal
entail61114342_entail
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
fontal9313142fontal
genial74917612genial
genital849792genital
gentil74115122gentil
lentil64315392lentil
meatal84114732meatal
menial84223032menial
mensal84615662mensal
menta74424422menta_
metal75427382me_tal
omental93210422omental
penal75228372pen_al
penial84120892penial
pentad9313762pentad
pentyl1138812pentyl
petal76526892pe_tal
rectal84418132rectal
renal55929502ren_al
rentals74017472rentals
sendal73314992sendal
septal84513382septal
setal56430902se_tal
tectal83713252tectal
venal85523212ven_al
venial94218282venial
ventail10310452ventail
ventral103612172ventral
vestal94615572vestal
xenial133414902xenial
yenta83917042yenta_
yentas94614212yentas

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551722.46633475.7
3Display Results72720.0332181.8
 (SQL Overall)178691722.84562808.8
 
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