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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 “facials” 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.

30 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
facials12331074(None) 
facial113615631facial_
facias113415801facia_s
fecials123510331fecials
facia103218462facia__
faciae112913412facia_e
facially1637642facially
facies113921592faci_es
facile112514882faci_le
facings134511262facings
fails85631482fa_i_ls
fallals103310192fallals
farfals13268502farfals
fascial1258302fascial_
fascias1258412fascia_s
faucals12326562faucals
faucial1257322faucial_
fecial114714622fecial_
fetials103711742fetials
finials103210152finials
fractals1346132fractals
gavials1136602gavials
jacals1539872jac_als
jackals2036892jackals
labials9299872labials
racial83419242racial_
radials83614642radials
sacrals93311792sacrals
socials999632socials
uncials92510522uncials

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671303.34332207.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.74947663.6
 
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