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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 “serial” 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.

88 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
serial6462586(None) 
aerial64625711aerial
ferial94621251ferial
serail64222671serail
seral56336381ser_al
serials73919741serials
serval93913411serval
aecial84817312aecial
aerials74017552aerials
atrial65418942atrial
burial84117622burial
cercal10314122cercal
cereal8315832cereal
ceria75125352ceria_
cerias83321982cerias
curial84019152curial
decrial10310322decrial
denial74720512denial
derail74218812derail
dermal93614342dermal
espial839542espial
fecial114714622fecial
feral85424652fer_al
feria85922712feria_
feriae95618602feriae
ferias95020392ferias
fetial95716192fetial
genial74917612genial
herbal112513492herbal
hernial10310432hernial
medial93819862medial
menial84223032menial
mesial84818082mesial
narial6317952narial
penial84120892penial
peril75425952peri_l
redial74923112redial
retial64724992retial
retrial7615552retrial
rial45938092__rial
scribal1137962scribal
seal45654372se__al
seminal91213412seminal
sendal73314992sendal
sepal77723002se_pal
sepia75318672sepia_
sepias83616102sepias
septal84513382septal
sera46141392ser_a_
serac75925202ser_ac
serai56830162ser_ai
serails73318362serails
serais64326132serais
serdab937832serdab
serially11912842serially
seriate73722472seriate
series64540972series
serif84132132seri_f
serifs94017052serifs
serin55434442seri_n
serine65432672serine
sering74731812sering
serins64029672serins
serosal7311152serosal
serumal938782serumal
servals103410742servals
setal56430902se_tal
sexual1338412sexual
shrill94712302shrill
sial45938832s__ial
social8813332social
special11310302special
spiral83715342spiral
sterical10311252sterical
sternal73411912sternal
stria55723212stria_
striae65422272striae
sural55931262sur_al
telial65815362telial
tergal72912832tergal
tertial7313862tertial
trial54926352_trial
urial54823022_urial
venial94218282venial
verbal112513662verbal
vernal93514212vernal
versal93013752versal
xenial133414902xenial

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551882.28336159.0
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691882.65667278.2
 
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