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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 “decals” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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103 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
decals9371771(None) 
deals65435341de_als
decafs124010881decafs
decal85523231decal_
decays124612911decays
becalm1239202becalm
becalms1335742becalms
becaps123811402becaps
cecal94619112cecal_
dals57145122d__als
deads75726912de_ads
deal56347412de_al_
dealt65234282de_alt
deans66131392de_ans
dears65736882de_ars
debags104211062debags
debars94218042debars
decade104216162decade
decades113615512decades
decaf114919442deca_f
decalog1136002decalog
decalogs1245632decalogs
decamp1338452decamp
decamps1435642decamps
decane93818872decane
decanes103118912decanes
decant93524222decant
decants103514442decants
decare93919152decare
decares102818532decares
decay114718482deca_y
decile94619212decile
deciles104417722deciles
decimals1345862decimals
deckels14367362deckels
deckle1312012452deckle
deckles143312802deckles
decks124822192dec_ks
declass1038732declass
declaw1266702declaw
declaws1336252declaws
decors94017772decors
decos85522122dec_os
decoys123911282decoys
decrials1137132decrials
dedal75719022dedal_
dedans85915072dedans
defats105114552defats
degas75119162dega_s
deils65722862de_ils
delays104014052delays
dells66630942de_lls
dels56745472de__ls
denars74621432denars
denials84114132denials
dentals83915392dentals
derails84216392derails
derats74625062derats
derays105514252derays
desalt7518312desalt
desalts839572desalts
details84214042details
devas96218882deva_s
devels104313902devels
devils104412812devils
dewans105215142dewans
dewars105117072dewars
dhals95415442d_hals
dials64925342d_ials
duals65620082d_uals
ducal84816422ducal_
ducats95011762ducats
fecal105119212fecal_
fecials123510332fecials
ferals94216642ferals
heals85733452he_als
ideals75012502ide_als
jacals1539872jacals
legals73412732legals
locals83714502locals
meals75933372me_als
medals94218052medals
mescals112911552mescals
metals84520882metals
mezcals20246532mezcals
peals75235492pe_als
pecans101515832pecans
pedals94316032pedals
petals84719812petals
reals55038652re_als
recall83815722recall
recalls92613622recalls
recaps103615732recaps
recoals94214622recoals
seals54839692se_als
sepals85217372sepals
teals56234132te_als
tepals85415042tepals
ticals83214712ticals
veals84926192ve_als
vocals113811582vocals
weals85428742we_als
zeals145320852ze_als

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511032.39034540.2
3Display Results1031030.0303433.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911032.53070628.9
 
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