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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 “portals” 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.

39 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
portals9401556(None) 
mortals93914001mortals
portal84218461portal_
postals93716371postals
aortal65217512aortal_
aortas65417782aorta_s
borals86721912bor_als
borstals1037462borstals
corals85325142cor_als
corrals93713852corrals
curtals93111622curtals
dorsals84110842dorsals
formals123312892formals
gorals76917652gor_als
hartals10313022hartals
morals85324632mor_als
mortal84616852mortal_
mortars93411522mortars
normals92510902normals
orals55826482_or_als
parrals94414572parrals
partans94418282partans
partials101911952partials
petals84719812p_etals
pontils9312212pontils
portable12313202portable
portables1337872portables
portably1539312portably
portage103013642portage
portages112613222portages
portaled11239202portaled
porters93722702porters
portly114713402port_ly
portrays1345292portrays
ports75934592port__s
postal84317532postal_
protyls12298462protyls
tortas64918252torta_s
totals63115162to_tals

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671393.18633795.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.57849941.6
 
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