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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 “nasal” 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.

73 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
nasal5621759(None) 
basal75722281basal
nasals63312461nasals
nasial6413281nasial
natal53921491natal
naval85315831naval
vasal85516291vasal
aal39058672_a_al
anal48037522_anal
annal56520762annal
ansa45927772ansa_
ansae55720972ansae
axal116520492_axal
baal67033112ba_al
banal75925992banal
basalt83519582basalt
basil75122272basil
cabal95222152cabal
canal75428042canal
casa65630862casa_
casas75327842casas
casual81112862casual
causal81413202causal
easel54521112easel
fatal84819372fatal
gayal9312712gayal
hadal95518122hadal
halal85623592halal
hamal104623112hamal
jacal14313702jacal
masa65034722masa_
masala8311812masala
masas75630412masas
naan47621932na_an
nada58022902nada_
nadas66320812nadas
naiad6313402naiad
nail45838652na_il
nala46930392nala_
nalas55528362nalas
nana46632902nana_
nanas55928632nanas
napa66927262napa_
napalm1047262napalm
napas75924352napas
narial6317952narial
narwal938942narwal
nasally1057442nasally
nasty85717282nasty
navar83912732navar
navel87016572navel
nawab10810922nawab
naysay1234972naysay
nidal65217102nidal
nival84915772nival
nodal64717792nodal
nopal75517102nopal
notal55221352notal
papal95820672papal
pascal10812372pascal
pausal81511962pausal
ramal74622242ramal
rascal8511122rascal
ratal55025112ratal
sabal75422482sabal
sal36462882__sal
salal55425702salal
sisal54217732sisal
tamal73522622tamal
tarsal63315272tarsal
vagal94613632vagal
vasa76522972vasa_
vassal979242vassal

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800731.59333772.8
3Display Results73730.0332212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691731.93692299.1
 
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