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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 “practicals” 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.

27 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
practicals164554(None) 
practical1548841practical_
practicable1953832practicable
practicably2254302practicably
practically20410442practically
practicers1663592practicers
practices1557992practic_es
practicums18132752practicums
brachials16206943brachi_als
fractals1346133fract__als
impractical1953083impractical_
partials101911953p_arti_als
piratical1348663pira_tical_
practic13312243practic___
practicality2153593practicality
practicalness1953323practicalness
practice1438733practic__e
practiced1655113practic_ed
practicer1544593practic_er
practicing1775583practicing
practicum17133773practic_um
practises1349623practi_ses
radicals112610153_ra_dicals
rusticals1145353_rusticals
tactical1248843_tactical_
unpractical1753763unpractical_
viaticals1444073via_ticals

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit140603276.03023317.2
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691276.45627678.3
 
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