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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 “practical” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

67 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
practical154884(None) 
practicals1645541practicals
impractical1953082impractical
piratical1348662pira_tical
practic13312242practic__
practicable1953832practicable
practicably2254302practicably
practically20410442practically
practice1438732practic_e
practiced1655112practiced
practicer1544592practicer
practices1557992practices
practicum17133772practicum
tactical1248842_tactical
unpractical1753762unpractical
actinal9312293__actinal
apractic1448303apractic__
brachial15219303brachi_al
bracteal1245563bract_eal
critical12310263cr_itical
cryptical1844693cryptical
didactical1673283didactical
eristical1148433eristical
erotical101911983er_otical
erratical1146903erratical
farcical1546953farc_ical
fractal1237623fract__al
fractional1547133fractional
fractural1444553fractural
graphical1745883graphical
haptical1547343_haptical
hectical1547933_hectical
nautical1057703_nautical
nonpractical1854233nonpractical
pacifical1845233p_acifical
parasitical1555643parasitical
paratactical1852913paratactical
parodical1447563parodical
partial92616263p_arti_al
poetical12311533p_oetical
political1349713political
practicality2153593practicality
practicers1663593practicers
practicing1775583practicing
practicums18132753practicums
practise12310143practi_se
practised1446103practised
practises1349623practises
praedial1178763praedi_al
pragmatical1854903pragmatical
prandial1149643prandi_al
precocial1547503precocial
precoital1347273precoital
precritical1764393precritical
preethical1753683preethical
prosaical1346973prosaical
psychical2144383psychical
pyritical1646983pyritical
rachial122012173_rachi_al
racial83419243_rac_i_al
radical103312793_ra_dical
rustical1048393_rustical
statical1039423sta_tical
tractional1248053tractional
tragical1148213tra_gical
vatical1239983_va_tical
viatical1347063via_tical

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641677.43619989.4
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691677.87222699.6
 
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