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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 “foraminal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
foraminal144426(None) 
foramina1346161foramina_
morainal1047202mora_inal
criminal1248303_criminal
foaming133612993fo_amin_g
foraging1358063foragin_g
foramen12310533foramen__
foramens1337823foramen_s
foraminous1543073foraminous
foraying1537433forayin_g
forbidal1444833for_bidal
formal113215203for_m__al
formica1436443for_mica_
formicas1546003for_micas
forming133615733for_min_g
fornical1347793for_nical
framing133014793f_ramin_g
framings14338133f_ramings
germinal1147253ger_minal
hormonal1346633hor_monal
laminal94113633__laminal
nominal92712373no__minal
ordinal838633_or_dinal
original956793_original
pyramidal1744013pyramidal
ruminal9289993__ruminal
staminal1046983_staminal
terminal1039733ter_minal

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641287.70319296.5
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.18621828.9
 
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