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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 “nails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

222 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
nails5573040(None) 
ails45654711_ails
anils56326721anils
bails75933521bails
fails85631481fails
hails85231641hails
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037781mails
naifs87617421naifs
nail45838651nail_
nils46132451n_ils
noils55024331noils
pails75833061pails
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
snails64816651snails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails
aals49941142_aals
agnails837002agnails
aids57846362_aids
ail37171042_ail_
aims67738182_aims
ains46158882_ains
airs46447422_airs
ais39083572_ai_s
aits46355532_aits
alls46740922_alls
als36663022_a_ls
anil46437432anil_
anile54634462anile
anis45746462ani_s
anvils9219712anvils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
awls75926092_awls
axils127217502axils
baals76122702baals
bail65042802bail_
baits76630582baits
balls76236412balls
bals66354042ba_ls
basils85717472basils
bawls105719322bawls
boils75427192boils
brails84621292brails
caids85226422caids
cains75334302cains
calls75634732calls
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
coils75030082coils
dahls95012282dahls
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dai_s
dals57145122da_ls
deils65722862deils
dials64925342dials
drails74716952drails
earls56127512earls
emails84412342emails
entails7912822entails
evils84114262evils
fail74840242fail_
fairs85825442fairs
falls85727652falls
farls85731112farls
fils75838692_fils
flails94313002flails
foils85025812foils
frails93716472frails
gaily95020972gaily
gains65729512gains
gaits65726012gaits
galls64729322galls
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
gnarls74210772gnarls
grails77518782grails
haiks125120932haiks
hail74839062hail_
hairs86225172hairs
halls85633782halls
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
heils85222192heils
jail115529092jail_
jarls126120962jarls
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail_
kains96125642kains
laics76419252laics
lairs55425872lairs
lalls55324132lalls
maids86327142maids
mail65543452mail_
maile75232222maile
mailes84329112mailes
maill74420792maill
maills84215282maills
maims96321792maims
mains75635112mains
mairs76228302mairs
malls76233432malls
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
naans55815252naans
nabes75427092nabes
nabis76020582nabis
nabs66236192na_bs
nadas66320812nadas
nadirs7109002nadirs
naffs116213962naffs
nags55436022na_gs
naiad6313402naiad
naiads739012naiads
naif76839022nai_f
nailed74021492nailed
nailer64119362nailer
nailers73215892nailers
nailset7311972nailset
naira5314742naira
nairas6312782nairas
nairu5413812nairu
nairus639142nairus
naive85116212naive
naives94914222naives
nala46930392na_la
nalas55528362nalas
names74833362names
nanas55928632nanas
nans46139402na_ns
naos47429732na_os
napas75924352napas
napes74828462napes
naps66238582na_ps
narcs76122022narcs
nards65928462nards
nares55544152nares
naris55735292naris
narks96026032narks
nasals63312462nasals
nates55238332nates
navels95712692navels
naves87030382naves
navies95218622navies
nays75931592na_ys
nazis145216082nazis
neifs85613042neifs
nibs65028312n_ibs
nihils937572nihils
nil36144192n_il_
nill45634302n_ill
nills54926672nills
nims66226882n_ims
nips65830922n_ips
nits45741642n_its
noels56418702noels
noil46133242noil_
noily86120992noily
noirs55615462noirs
nulls55019982nulls
nurls55519682nurls
oils46337972_oils
paiks114719852paiks
pail66141832pail_
pains75138282pains
pairs75325832pairs
palls74332562palls
pals66951352pa_ls
pawls105617662pawls
qaids156116312qaids
quails153412642quails
raias54631122raias
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rail_
rains55140232rains
rais45252622rai_s
renails74917262renails
rials55026672rials
roils54826792roils
saids65328852saids
sail45447162sail_
sains55639972sains
sals46851672sa_ls
sauls55128122sauls
sials54227242sials
snail57020202snail_
snarls64016872snarls
soils55327982soils
spails84817822spails
swails94913122swails
taels56822072taels
tail45443652tail_
tains54936322tains
talls55133432talls
tenails73713922tenails
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
trails64622512trails
unais53420772unai_s
unnails738222unnails
vail75432552vail_
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
waifs115719872waifs
wail75238822wail_
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
walls85529382walls
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
yawls114613602yawls

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002221.64332745.0
3Display Results2222220.0603700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912221.99989390.2
 
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