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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 “snails” 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.

87 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
snails6481665(None) 
nails55730401_nails
sails55738101s_ails
snail57020201snail_
snarls64016871snarls
spails84817821spails
swails94913121swails
agnails837002agnails
ails45654722__ails
anils56326722an_ils
anvils9219712anvils
assails769092assails
avails939692avails
bails75933522_bails
brails84621292brails
drails74716952drails
emails84412342emails
entails7912822entails
fails85631482_fails
flails94313002flails
frails93716472frails
gnarls74210772gnarls
grails77518782grails
hails85231642_hails
jails125422942_jails
kails95525222_kails
mails76037782_mails
naifs87617422_naifs
nail45838652_nail_
nils46132462_n_ils
noils55024332_noils
pails75833062_pails
quails153412642quails
rails55937402_rails
renails74917262renails
saids65328862s_aids
sail45447162s_ail_
sains55639972s_ains
sals46851672s_a_ls
sanies63031952sanies
sauls55128122s_auls
scalls84218202scalls
seals54839702sea_ls
serails73318362serails
shauls94913112shauls
shawls125411972shawls
sials54227242sia_ls
sigils73912362sigils
smalls84514122smalls
snacks124514552snacks
snafus936742snafus
snags64421312sna_gs
snailed83811922snailed
snakes103919602snakes
snakily1436912snakily
snaps74719562sna_ps
snares65329032snares
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarks104815732snarks
snarl54921082snarl_
snarly93815002snarly
snaths95112912snaths
snaws86116362sna_ws
snells64614202snells
snibs75613762sn_ibs
snips75818012sn_ips
snits54124832sn_its
snools65715882snools
soils55327982s_oils
spail74921552spail_
spaits85017472spaits
spalls84217342spalls
speils84116222speils
spoils84614532spoils
staigs75414812staigs
stains64923652stains
stairs65416332stairs
stalls64019932stalls
swail86217162swail_
swains94513952swains
tails55634192_tails
tenails73713922tenails
trails64622512trails
unais53420772unai_s
unnails738222unnails
vails85825932_vails
wails86631482_wails

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit82551874.22019561.8
3Display Results87870.0302900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691874.98335860.1
 
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