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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 “heliacal” 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.

40 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
heliacal134472(None) 
helical12311151heli_cal
heliac111010892heliac__
heliacally1843572heliacally
theriacal1443552theriacal
celiac101910433celiac__
celiacs11157893celiac_s
chemical1748393chemi_cal
chiliadal1552193chiliadal
cloacal1135163_cloacal
elegiacal1252133elegiacal
epical10413393_epi_cal
hallucal1343483hallucal
hectical1547933hectical
heliast10312073helia_st
heliasts1136103heliasts
helically1749433helically
helices12313723heli_ces
helicon1237643heli_con
helipad1344723heli_pad
hellcat12410173hel_lcat
hematal1238953he_matal
hemiacetal1752103hemiacetal
heroical13410023heroical
hiatal9310203h__iatal
laical8312323__laical
lexical1637363lexi_cal
maniacal1246723maniacal
medical12312513medi_cal
meniscal1246203meniscal
metical11315363meti_cal
obeliscal1351953obeliscal
pelican1139433peli_can
plical10411683_pli_cal
telial65815363teli__al
theriaca1344153theriaca_
theriacas1443503theriacas
thetical1349123theti_cal
vesical12159813vesi_cal
zodiacal2042243zodiacal

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162407.00020880.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.43624030.5
 
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