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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 “mediastinal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

24 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
mediastinal146148(None) 
mediastina1373171mediastina_
mediastinum165912mediastinum
mediational1445642media_tional
mediating13311203media_tin_g
medicinal1445083medi__cinal
deistical1246674de_i_stical
diastral946994__diast_ral
ekistical1544804_eki_stical
eristical1148434_eri_stical
matinal9312604m___a_tinal
mediaeval1552174media__eval
mediation12312294media_ti_on
mediations13310984media_tions
mediative1548124media_ti_ve
mediatize2146904media_ti_ze
mediatized2344754media_tized
mediatizes2245604media_tizes
medicating1648954medicatin_g
medicinals1543144medi__cinals
meditating1448124meditatin_g
radiational1245954radia_tional
redactional1454354red_actional
redistill1044504redi_sti_ll

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819248.90616710.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691249.34219127.7
 
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