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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 “thenal” 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.

35 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
thenal9271242(None) 
thecal113310301thecal
thenar92610001thenar
heal75645692_he_al
hemal104419802_hemal
lienal63912782lienal
penal75228372_penal
phenol1149252phenol
phenyl1435322phenyl
phonal11310382phonal
renal55929502_renal
rhinal9510192rhinal
sheal84927702she_al
tarnal63716502tarnal
teal45546502t_e_al
tenail64516112t_enail
tepal76319582t_epal
theca103311452theca_
thecae11299652thecae
then78429692then__
thenage11107842thenage
thenars10248522thenars
thence112010842thence
thens85921832then_s
thermal125010972thermal
theta83414572theta_
thetas93011572thetas
tineal66216162tineal
toenail738782toenail
tonal53724302t_onal
trenail7410812trenail
trinal6516962trinal
venal85523212_venal
wheal115716182whe_al
whenas124610462whenas

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551354.31319140.0
3Display Results35350.0331060.6
 (SQL Overall)178691354.45240137.2
 
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