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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 “narwhal” 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.

53 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
narwhal134433(None) 
narwal938941narw_al
narwhale1443221narwhale
narwhals1443611narwhals
marshal1238972marshal
narial6317952nar_ial
narwals1036982narw_als
narwhales1543162narwhales
archil11611573_archil
areal55928733_ar_eal
argal65023393_ar_gal
arhat8327093_ar_hat
artal55525473_ar_tal
arval86017013_ar_val
barbal104016663bar_bal
barchan1469133barchan
burghal1335073burghal
canthal12410053canthal
caracal11312513caracal
carinal94318243carinal
carnal83919213car_nal
carpal103716253car_pal
darshan1167063darshan
earwax1664733earw_ax
exarchal2043723exarchal
farfal123410183far_fal
gnathal1144353gna_thal
hardhat14411023hardhat
hartal9415473har_tal
larval948503lar_val
marital92314183marital
marshall1345483marshall
marshals1337783marshals
martial92415413martial
monarchal1643973monarchal
nachas114914193na_chas
nadiral836343nadiral
narghile1244033narghile
narthex1734263narthex
nasal56217593na__sal
nasial6413283na_sial
natal53921493na__tal
natural739513natural
naval85315833na__val
nawab10810923na_w_ab
normal83213533nor_mal
nuchal11218873n_uchal
nymphal1744033nymphal
parral85517533par_ral
partial92616263partial
paschal14157243paschal
tarnal63716503tar_nal
tarsal63315273tar_sal

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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027537.09318895.7
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691537.49923828.6
 
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