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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 “internal” 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.

32 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
internal841409(None) 
infernal1186831infernal
internals9712731internals
interval11710471interval
antennal856352antennal
asternal858322asternal
cisternal11325742cisternal
enteral73516452enter_al
eternal72910892_eternal
external1577222external
integral946792integral
interlap1048592interlap
interlay11310042interlay
intermale11712312intermale
intermat101114612intermat
intern64016542intern__
internally13410092internally
interne73218152intern_e
interned93016652interned
internee82718522internee
internes82721232internes
internodal1145872internodal
interns73116772intern_s
interrenal1049822interrenal
intervale12911602intervale
intervals12810152intervals
interwar1148262interwar
interzonal1946812interzonal
inthral10249462inthr_al
maternal1047802maternal
paternal1038332paternal
sternal73411912_sternal

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059323.62633386.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691324.01544505.9
 
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