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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 “barlows” 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.

36 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
barlows1225997(None) 
barlow112911421barlow_
barrows123411681barrows
allows94517682_allows
arrows92813482_arrows
bailors93212412bailors
ballons93916962ballons
ballots94116032ballots
barhops14288112barhops
barless94317002barless
barleys125011842barleys
barons85025382bar_ons
barrow114512762barrow_
baryons121010472baryons
bellows124313302bellows
belows114614182b_elows
billows123611292billows
blows105423832b__lows
borrows12349252borrows
brows105425982b_r_ows
burrows12399092burrows
fallows133713972fallows
farrows13259782farrows
gallows113513512gallows
hallows134417392hallows
harlots103413292harlots
harrows132611032harrows
mallows123714322mallows
marrows122911822marrows
narrows10258842narrows
parlors9312912parlors
parlous9414292parlous
sallows103915552sallows
tallows103313742tallows
wallows133613532wallows
yarrows13277852yarrows

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 Limit107671362.98636058.6
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691363.38952726.8
 
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