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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 “carpal” 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.

62 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
carpal10371625(None) 
carnal83919211carnal
carpale113414351carpale
carpals113414631carpals
carpel105418471carpel
appal95315222_appal
areal55928732_areal
argal65023392_argal
artal55525472_artal
arval86017012_arval
barbal104016662barbal
cabal95222152ca_bal
caecal103713732caecal
calpac123211062calpac
canal75428042ca_nal
cantal84122032cantal
caracal11312512caracal
carapax1835792carapax
carat75048792car_at
carcel105018672carcel
carful11610972carful
carinal94318242carinal
carl65144782car__l
carman103920742carman
carol75128612car_ol
carp85139812carp__
carpalia1247262carpalia
carped115923762carped
carpels115315462carpels
carper104923632carper
carpet104530092carpet
carpi94319392carp_i
carpool1139222carpool
carps96932252carp_s
carpus105514302carpus
carrel84718632carrel
cartel85022532cartel
carvel114817572carvel
casual81112862casual
caudal91611482caudal
causal81413202causal
cercal10314122cercal
cereal8315832cereal
charpai1436632charpai
copal95621782c_opal
coral76033452cor_al
corral83616252corral
craal74117752c_raal
curial84019152curial
curtal83914542curtal
cuspal1037882cuspal
farfal123410182farfal
hartal9415472hartal
larval948502larval
narial6317952narial
narwal938942narwal
palpal104112052palpal
papal95820672pa_pal
parral85517532parral
tarnal63716502tarnal
tarpan82814292tarpan
tarsal63315272tarsal

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 Limit82551622.31335690.0
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691622.67266875.4
 
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