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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 “postals” 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.

32 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
postals9371638(None) 
portals94015561portals
postal84317531postal_
apostils1046772apostils
borstals1037472borstals
costal85419512costal_
costars94218012costars
dossals8379302dossals
hostas94515832hosta_s
hostels103712322hostels
instals7611712instals
mortals93914012mortals
pascals11610012pascals
pastas85422872pasta_s
pastels95215182pastels
pastils94416172pastils
petals84719812p_etals
pistils93314302pistils
pistols93213982pistols
pontils9312212pontils
portal84218462portal_
postage103214852postage
postages112815322postages
postally13310272postally
postbags1345292postbags
posters93928012posters
posties93128812posties
postins93721202postins
postops11311712postops
posts75228782post__s
totals63115162to_tals
vestals104612332vestals

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671323.48330913.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.90545759.5
 
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