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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 “pails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

279 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
pails7583306(None) 
ails45654711_ails
bails75933521bails
fails85631481fails
hails85231641hails
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037781mails
nails55730401nails
paiks114719851paiks
pail66141831pail_
pains75138281pains
pairs75325831pairs
palls74332561palls
pals66951351pa_ls
pawls105617661pawls
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
spails84817821spails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails
aals49941142_aals
aids57846362_aids
ail37171042_ail_
aims67738182_aims
ains46158882_ains
airs46447422_airs
ais39083572_ai_s
aits46355532_aits
alls46740922_alls
als36663022_a_ls
anils56326722anils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
awls75926092_awls
axils127217502axils
baals76122702baals
bail65042802bail_
baits76630582baits
balls76236412balls
bals66354042ba_ls
basils85717472basils
bawls105719322bawls
boils75427192boils
brails84621292brails
caids85226422caids
cains75334302cains
calls75634732calls
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
coils75030082coils
dahls95012282dahls
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dai_s
dals57145122da_ls
deils65722862deils
dials64925342dials
drails74716952drails
earls56127512earls
emails84412342emails
evils84114262evils
fail74840242fail_
fairs85825442fairs
falls85727652falls
farls85731112farls
fils75838692_fils
flails94313002flails
foils85025812foils
frails93716472frails
gaily95020972gaily
gains65729512gains
gaits65726012gaits
galls64729322galls
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
grails77518782grails
haiks125120932haiks
hail74839062hail_
hairs86225172hairs
halls85633782halls
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
heils85222192heils
jail115529092jail_
jarls126120962jarls
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail_
kains96125642kains
laics76419252laics
lairs55425872lairs
lalls55324132lalls
maids86327142maids
mail65543452mail_
maile75232222maile
mailes84329112mailes
maill74420792maill
maills84215282maills
maims96321792maims
mains75635112mains
mairs76228302mairs
malls76233432malls
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
naifs87617422naifs
nail45838652nail_
nils46132452_nils
noils55024332noils
oils46337972_oils
opals75718352opa_ls
pacas96029402pacas
paces96741112paces
packs135528932packs
pacs85842182pa_cs
pacts95125802pacts
padis86227142padis
padle84522342padle
padles95221122padles
pads76742952pa_ds
pages85235072pages
paid75737482pai_d
paik105726802pai_k
pain65647242pai_n
paint75443692paint
paints85921832paints
pair66031512pai_r
paisa76021072paisa
paisas84317492paisas
paise75028332paise
pal56761672pa_l_
pale66055012pa_le
pales75753802pales
palish114718272palish
pall65039342pa_ll
pally105727122pally
palm85331362pa_lm
palms94921752palms
palp85828572pa_lp
palps94719562palps
palsy105417462pa_lsy
paly95835532pa_ly
pams85641762pa_ms
panels84716522panels
panes76148692panes
pangs84628662pangs
panics103815362panics
pans65855732pa_ns
pants76536922pants
papas94927492papas
paps86443452pa_ps
paras76143042paras
pards85634332pards
pares77164482pares
paries84742512paries
paris75145942paris
parks116134462parks
parle75836162parle
parles86334402parles
parols84722612parols
parrs75928672parrs
pars67560792pa_rs
parts77743372parts
pas58775742pa__s
pases75346502pases
pass65239952pa_ss
pastils94416172pastils
pasts75936502pasts
pates76047892pates
paths105521382paths
patins87528782patins
patios85221782patios
patly105020582patly
pats66460852pa_ts
paves104833922paves
pavins114919662pavins
pavis106422732pavis
pawl95123262pawl_
pawns108818132pawns
paws96038182pa_ws
paxes144928422paxes
pays95940222pa_ys
peals75235492peals
pearls84715392pearls
peels75226422peels
peins76128062peins
perils84121852perils
phials1158872phials
phis95724902phi_s
pial65636702pial_
pians75126962pians
pias66542552p_ias
pics85633912p_ics
pies66949602p_ies
pigs76634222p_igs
pile65649692p_ile
piles74742612p_iles
pili66130352p_ili
pilis75825202p_ilis
pill65339462p_ill
pills74130972pills
pilus75921062p_ilus
pily96132732p_ily
pins65558452p_ins
pips85837132p_ips
pis56362032p_i_s
piss65033332p_iss
pits66348742p_its
plaids94312442plaids
plains85019592plains
plaits83816472plaits
plies74526512plies
poilu72316002poilu
poilus82210572poilus
pois66539042poi_s
polis74731162polis
polls74627722polls
pols66044562p_ols
pools74427702pools
pries74339532pries
prigs85219702prigs
prill74117942prill
prills84015612prills
prims95425932prims
priss74623892priss
psis68120342psi_s
pulis74225602pulis
pulls74425052pulls
puls65437562p_uls
pupils10389912pupils
purls74723352purls
pyins105815862pyins
qaids156116312qaids
quails153412642quails
raias54631122raias
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rail_
rains55140232rains
rais45252622rai_s
rials55026672rials
roils54826792roils
saids65328852saids
sail45447162sail_
sains55639972sains
sals46851672sa_ls
sauls55128122sauls
sials54227242sials
snails64816652snails
soils55327982soils
spail74921552spail_
spaits85017472spaits
spalls84217342spalls
speils84116222speils
spoils84614532spoils
swails94913122swails
taels56822072taels
tail45443652tail_
tains54936322tains
talls55133432talls
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
trails64622512trails
vail75432552vail_
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
waifs115719872waifs
wail75238822wail_
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
walls85529382walls
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
yawls114613602yawls

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002791.68631909.8
3Display Results2792790.0803487.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912792.06286659.1
 
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