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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 “pail” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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291 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
pail6614183(None) 
ail37171051_ail
bail65042801bail
fail74840241fail
hail74839061hail
jail115529091jail
kail85131501kail
mail65543451mail
nail45838651nail
paid75737491paid
paik105726801paik
pails75833061pails
pain65647241pain
pair66031511pair
pal56761671pa_l
pall65039341pall
pawl95123261pawl
pial65636711pial
rail46147761rail
sail45447161sail
spail74921551spail
tail45443651tail
vail75432551vail
wail75238821wail
aal39058672_aal
ai211288402_ai_
aid49269092_aid
ails45654722_ails
aim57858222_aim
ain37579102_ain
air38058402_air
ais39083582_ais
ait38093912_ait
al210674042_a_l
all36148232_all
anil46437432anil
aril45843022aril
avail8313882avail
awl67635302_awl
axil116424452axil
baal67033112baal
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bait
bal56662722ba_l
ball66043322ball
basil75122272basil
bawl95326062bawl
boil66335182boil
brail75525552brail
caid77837542caid
cain65643912cain
call66838672call
carl65144782carl
caul65630002caul
cavil103816492cavil
ceil65725062ceil
coil66439652coil
dahl87019222dahl
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dais
dal47554952da_l
deil56231622deil
dial55935072dial
drail65020972drail
earl45838142earl
email74715102email
evil75318072evil
fails85631482fails
fain75840562fain
fair76332522fair
fall75535312fall
farl76338552farl
fil65447152_fil
flail85316182flail
foil76433912foil
frail85220212frail
gaily95020972gaily
gain56042162gain
gait56150192gait
gal46055512ga_l
gall56335992gall
gaol56925412gaol
grail64622872grail
haik115526982haik
hails85231642hails
hair76330142hair
hall75741162hall
harl75740002harl
haul75530452haul
heil76328932heil
jails125422942jails
jarl115828132jarl
kaif116933942kaif
kails95525222kails
kain85334302kain
laic65931562laic
laid56439152laid
lain46146282lain
lair45934152lair
lall45531312lall
maid75537672maid
maile75232222maile
maill74420792maill
mails76037782mails
maim85831492maim
main65345522main
mair66133782mair
mall64639372mall
marl66341622marl
maul64830722maul
mil55752122_mil
moil65534092moil
naif76839022naif
nails55730402nails
nil36144202_nil
noil46133242noil
oil37452062_oil
opal66923522opa_l
pa410456482pa__
pac79054082pa_c
paca85132242paca
pace86345772pace
pack125535442pack
pacs85842182pacs
pact86648722pact
pacy115328682pacy
pad68057332pa_d
padi76331792padi
padis86227142padis
padle84522342padle
pads76742962pads
page76036102page
pah88853592pa_h
paiks114719852paiks
pains75138282pains
paint75443692paint
pairs75325832pairs
paisa76021072paisa
paise75028332paise
pale66055012pale
palls74332562palls
pally105727122pally
palm85331362palm
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pam77858392pa_m
pams85641762pams
pan58466452pa_n
pane64950292pane
panel76023622panel
pang75336302pang
panic93923902panic
pans65855732pans
pant66061262pant
pap76758402pa_p
papa85827142papa
papal95820672papal
paps86443452paps
par57467022pa_r
para65242172para
pard76441322pard
pare66760842pare
paris75145942paris
park105237492park
parle75836162parle
parol74826272parol
parr65731152parr
pars67560792pars
part65967462part
pas58775742pa_s
pase65346862pase
pash95638132pash
pass65239952pass
past65959012past
pastil85018322pastil
pat58089462pa_t
pate65350462pate
path99134912path
patin76832852patin
patio74426352patio
patly105020582patly
pats66460852pats
paty95234562paty
pave96133892pave
pavid115717002pavid
pavin105623202pavin
pavis106422732pavis
paw87651172pa_w
pawls105617662pawls
pawn94625302pawn
paws96038182paws
pax127346852pa_x
pay88461182pa_y
pays95940222pays
peal68648102peal
pearl75324462pearl
peel65535612peel
pein65834942pein
peril75425952peril
phi86524202phi_
phial10313202phial
phis95724902phis
phiz186718842phiz
pi48145372p_i_
pia56848042p_ia
pian66136102pian
pias66542562pias
pic76046832p_ic
pie55457412p_ie
pig65744982p_ig
pile65649702p_ile
pili66130362p_ili
pill65339472pill
pily96132742p_ily
pin57066732p_in
pip78051052p_ip
pis56362042p_is
pit56471932p_it
piu56639552p_iu
pix126437942p_ix
plaid85118302plaid
plain74823302plain
plait75631572plait
plie65127392plie
poi57244662poi_
poilu72316002poilu
pois66539042pois
pol56449382p_ol
poll66332132poll
pool65835952pool
prig75924872prig
prill74117942prill
prim85132202prim
psi56621622psi_
psis68120342psis
pul56138062p_ul
puli65527622puli
pull64731662pull
pupil94712982pupil
purl65631422purl
pyic116915822pyic
pyin96823232pyin
qaid146023852qaid
quail144314362quail
rai37658222rai_
raia46638382raia
raid55243082raid
rails55937402rails
rain46251732rain
rais45252622rais
rial45938102rial
roil46235292roil
said55742122said
sails55738102sails
sain45551292sain
sal36462882sa_l
sall44544682sall
saul45836522saul
sial45938842sial
snail57020202snail
soil46138832soil
spails84817822spails
spait75631602spait
spall74919302spall
speil75618642speil
spoil75818652spoil
swail86217162swail
tael46030712tael
tails55634192tails
tain45548072tain
tali46837162tali
tall47240212tall
til36350272_til
toil46536282toil
trail55126772trail
vails85825932vails
vain75233002vain
vair75624142vair
vakil1259792vakil
veil75523592veil
vial76731102vial
waif105836752waif
wails86631482wails
wain75840202wain
wair75830052wair
wait75553692wait
wall76236102wall
waul76927312waul
wawl105321942wawl
yawl104918972yawl

Search took 4 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 Filter178691298720.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit298722912.54611732.9
3Display Results2912910.1262309.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912913.23555236.8
 
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