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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 “picul” 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.

36 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
picul9501536(None) 
pical95524371pical
piculs103511751piculs
apical10913902apical
apiculi1145112apiculi
epical10413392epical
ficus105015492ficus
miaul71612122miaul
nicol71113292nicol
pial65636702pi_al
pibal95217322pibal
pic76046822pic__
pica85831492pic_a
picas94626522picas
pice84641092pic_e
pick125933812pic_k
pickle144215652pickle
picks135226142picks
pickup1655632pickup
picky165416942picky
picot95031012picot
pics85633912pic_s
pill65339462pi_ll
pilule8411122pilule
pilus75921062pilus
pinup9612882pinup
pious74621272pious
pipal95118352pipal
pique16410172pique
piu56639542pi_u_
pixel143911902pixel
plical10411682plical
pul56138062p__ul
spicula11259292spicula
spicule11269932spicule
tical76021492tical

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 Limit53800361.62633087.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691361.95291542.5
 
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