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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 “meatal” 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.

45 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
meatal8411473(None) 
mental84521601mental
metal75427381me_tal
cental84420962cental
dental74319172dental
fatal84819372_fatal
festal94213562festal
fetal85623372fe_tal
hematal1238952hematal
hiatal9310202hiatal
meal65643172me__al
meat66359602meat__
meatball1244512meatball
meated94222402meated
meatily12311092meatily
meatman1137902meatman
meats75034052meat_s
meatus85112922meatus
meaty107021312meat_y
medal86221332me_dal
medial93819862medial
menial84223032menial
mensal84615662mensal
menta74424422menta_
mescal104113492mescal
mesial84818082mesial
meta65932412me_ta_
metals84520882me_tals
metatag1045052metatag
metol75917812me_tol
mezcal19367852mezcal
mortal84616852mortal
natal53921492_natal
omental93210412omental
petal76526892pe_tal
ratal55025112_ratal
reata54225392reata_
reatas64021012reatas
rectal84418132rectal
rental63922022rental
septal84513382septal
setal56430902se_tal
statal61613222statal
tectal83713252tectal
vestal94615572vestal

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.55032372.9
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.88961852.2
 
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