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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 “entails” 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.

35 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
entails791282(None) 
entail61114341entail_
entoils7810731entoils
entrails8310161entrails
ventails1139821ventails
aventails1244992aventails
centals94317052centa_ls
dentals83915392denta_ls
dentils84115582dent_ils
details84214042details
emails84412342e_mails
engrails945382engrails
entailed989522entailed
entailer877832entailer
entailers976412entailers
entases72816272entases
entasias8269142entasias
entasis73012572entasis
entoil6912492entoil_
entrains8312962entrains
entries71523162entries
fantails1139692fantails
lentils73912972lent_ils
nails55730402_n_ails
oxtails1436382oxtails
pintails10310162pintails
redtails968002redtails
renails74917262ren_ails
rentals74017472renta_ls
retails74718972retails
snails64816652sn_ails
tails55634192__tails
tenails73713922ten_ails
unnails738222unnails
ventail10310452ventail_

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.47031029.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.85646341.0
 
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