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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 “rascal” 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.

29 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
rascal851112(None) 
pascal10812371pascal
rascals959661rascals
basal75722282bas_al
berascal1244852berascal
caecal103713732caecal
casual81112862casual
faecal11359812faecal
fascial1258302fascial
faucal11339962faucal
fiscal1139332fiscal
jacal14313702ja_cal
laical8312322laical
lascar868572lascar
mescal104113482mescal
nasal56217592nas_al
nasial6413282nasial
pascals11610012pascals
paschal14157242paschal
racial83419242racial
radial74020392radial
radical103312792radical
ramal74622242ra_mal
rascally1347732rascally
ratal55025112ra_tal
rescale93215472rescale
reseal64819642reseal
vasal85516292vas_al
vassal979242vassal

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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551292.31335690.0
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691292.65367354.3
 
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