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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 “detail” 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.

47 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
detail7451643(None) 
derail74218811derail
details84214041details
detain74617381detain
retail65522071retail
bewail1189582bewail
deair65817192de_air
deal56347412de_a_l
deasil71110982deasil
decal85523232deca_l
dedal75719022deda_l
deil56231622de__il
deltaic1037022deltaic
denial74720512denial
dental74319172denta_l
dentil74017882dentil
derails84216392derails
destain8412082destain
detach12310412detach
detailed10319872detailed
detailer9268672detailer
detains83716092detains
detrain8412252detrain
devil94714732de_vil
dotal64919622dota_l
dovetail1244392dovetail
drail65020972d_rail
email74715102_email
entail61114342entail
fetal85623372feta_l
fetial95716192fetial
jezail2234642jezail
metal75427382meta_l
oxtail1337652oxtail
petal76526892peta_l
redtail858712redtail
remail85017122remail
renail65020762renail
resail64418732resail
retails74718972retails
retain64523282retain
retial64724992retial
serail64222672serail
setal56430902seta_l
tail45443652__tail
tenail64516112tenail
ventail10310452ventail

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551472.15638289.0
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691472.53270573.1
 
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