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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 “optimal” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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101 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
optimal114578(None) 
optical1149861optical
optima10106531optima_
intimal9109942intimal
optimally1644562optimally
optime1079352optim_e
optimes1148472optimes
optimum1343352optimum
optional1047642optional
primal104014622_primal
actinal9312293actinal
animal85016253_animal
antimale10312463antimale
antiman9313883antiman
apical10913903ap_ical
apsidal1046703apsidal
apteral9311523apteral
baptismal1542293baptismal
cortical12412213cortical
cotidal1038463cotidal
datival1135583datival
decimal1238083decimal
epical10413393ep_ical
estival1036323estival
fetial95716193feti_al
haptical1547343haptical
intima81910033intima_
intimae9109753intimae
intimas9119583intimas
matinal9312603matinal
maximal18347093maximal
metical11315363metical
minimal114010603minimal
nonoptimal1453833nonoptimal
nontidal948673nontidal
nuptial946633nupti_al
oatmeal944973oatmeal
octal71214723oct__al
octaval1243583octaval
oedipal1045173oedipal
ogival1035873o_gival
opal66923523op___al
oppidan1243463oppidan
optic93715183opti__c
optically1649903optically
optician1247243optician
optics102810183opti_cs
optimality1753353optimality
optimise1255583optimise
optimism1445213optimism
optimist1256873optimist
optimize2145503optimize
optimums1442563optimums
opting94514403opti_ng
option83612713opti_on
optionals1145343optionals
options93810603options
orbital936923orbital
ordinal838633ordinal
orphical1546733orphical
osteal6312963ost_eal
ostia52315583osti_a_
ottoman946283ottoman
outman83115033out_man
outrival1145323outrival
ovoidal1144023ovoidal
phial10313203_phi_al
pial65636703_p_i_al
pibal95217323_p_ibal
pical95524373_p_ical
pima85428653_p_ima_
pimas94725103_p_imas
pipal95118353_p_ipal
pitman102412123_pitman
plical10411683_plical
poetical12311533poetical
potman102813573pot_man
prima95019343_prima_
primas104418103_primas
ptisan8417973_ptisan
retial64724993reti_al
retinal75318353retinal
septical1259363septical
spatial9310323spati_al
spinal84915313sp_inal
spiral83715343sp_iral
spital83813873sp_ital
stigmal10245923_stigmal
stomal85213313_stomal
suboptimal1652353suboptimal
tamal73522623__tamal
tical76021493__tical
tidal64516443__tidal
timbal102510753__timbal
topical1139953top_ical
ultima836313ultima_
ultimas936363ultimas
uptime1067673uptim_e
uptimes1177553uptimes
vatical1239983vatical
vortical1348863vortical

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 Filter1786911340270.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit1340271016.98319193.3
3Display Results1011010.0462195.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911017.46523937.2
 
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