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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 “ideal” 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.

63 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
ideal6571639(None) 
deal56347411_deal
idea59122771idea_
ideals75012501ideals
ideas65919011ideas
ileal56118081ileal
areal55928732areal
dal47554952_d_al
dead65434242_dead
deaf85838402_deaf
deals65435342_deals
dealt65234282_dealt
dean56039482_dean
dear55343602_dear
decal85523232_decal
dedal75719022_dedal
deil56231622_deil
del46752752_de_l
dell56938202_dell
dhal86719282_dhal
dial55935062_dial
diel59034602die_l
dual55928172_dual
feal713940422_feal
heal75645692_heal
ideally1137792ideally
ideate7313682ideate
idem76121062ide_m
ides57734232ide_s
idol56818632id_ol
idyl85912302id_yl
idyll9436712idyll
ilea45931462ilea_
ileac75814172ileac
ilial55317842ilial
irreal657832irreal
leal46043272_leal
lineal65616022lineal
meal65643172_meal
medal86221332medal
misdeal1037662misdeal
nidal65217102nid_al
odea56224572odea_
ordeal779252ordeal
peal68648102_peal
pedal86022502pedal
pineal84817682pineal
real45750292_real
seal45654372_seal
sheal84927702sheal
steal56125472steal
teal45546502_teal
tidal64516442tid_al
tineal66216162tineal
unideal837102unideal
ureal56722682ureal
uveal84411072uveal
veal76936812_veal
vineal94814742vineal
weal75838682_weal
wheal115716182wheal
zeal135530332_zeal
zoeal144813782zoeal

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800631.43637465.2
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691631.765101241.4
 
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