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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 “ventail” 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.

28 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
ventail1031045(None) 
aventail1145341aventail
entail61114341_entail
ventails1139821ventails
aventails1244992aventails
centai84814782centai_
cental84420962centa_l
dental74319172denta_l
dentil74017882dent_il
detail74516432de_tail
entails7912822_entails
entoil6912492_entoil
fantail10310232fantail
gentil74115122gent_il
lentil64315392lent_il
mental84521602menta_l
pintail9311182pintail
redtail858712redtail
renail65020762ren_ail
rental63922032renta_l
retail65522072re_tail
tenail64516112ten_ail
venal85523212ven_a_l
venatic12311522venatic
venial94218282venia_l
ventage11109622ventage
ventral103612172ventral
vestal94615572vesta_l

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671283.22033438.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.62649280.5
 
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