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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 “crawler” 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.

62 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
crawler12351046(None) 
brawler124310231brawler
cradler102910511cradler
crawled133710401crawled
crawlers13309011crawlers
crawlier13216871crawlier
drawler11338591drawler
scrawler1345891scrawler
trawler104011901trawler
bawler114315052_bawler
brawer114216332braw_er
brawled133910122brawled
brawlers13408642brawlers
brawlier13267042brawlier
cabler104519172c_abler
caller85125482c_aller
caroler93816752caroler
chawer144314412chaw_er
clawer114512782claw_er
coaler84121712coa_ler
craaled10339422craaled
crabber133810732crabber
cracker153114172cracker
cradle93313162cradle_
cradled113410812cradled
cradlers11309202cradlers
cradles103114132cradles
crafter124111332crafter
crammer134010962crammer
cranker133612782cranker
crapper133913192crapper
crasher124616162crasher
crasser94114332crasser
crater85026642cra_ter
craver114618462cra_ver
crawl104916712crawl__
crawls114712082crawl_s
crawly144610762crawl_y
crazier183610742crazier
crowder13389862crowder
crower114117562crow_er
crowner124012602crowner
crueler939022crueler
cruller968752cruller
drawer104711362draw_er
drawled12368342drawled
drawlers12307312drawlers
drawlier12225252drawlier
frailer10319942frailer
growler11318972growler
prawner1246802prawner
prowler123310012prowler
railer64524932_railer
rawer84623732_raw_er
scrawled1445922scrawled
scrawlers1434752scrawlers
scrawlier1443902scrawlier
sprawler1334652sprawler
trailer73015392trailer
trawled113411522trawled
trawlers113310202trawlers
trawley13317302trawley

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671622.90637051.3
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691623.31253952.6
 
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