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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 “laurel” 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.

31 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
laurel64903(None) 
laurels746661laurels
saurel6511991saurel
aludel747862aludel
aural54428962_aural
aurei54821862_aurei
aures55137092_aures
barrel84517872barrel
carrel84718632carrel
jurel124516332_jurel
label75019382la_bel
labret8320222labret
laired75216812laired
langrel8107032langrel
lapel73716682la_pel
laree56036292la_ree
lares54852632la_res
lauded83812152lauded
lauder73815012lauder
laura54116202laur_a
laurae64011662laurae
lauras63414332lauras
laureled934542laureled
loured74617402loured
lure45142462l_ure_
lured65427492l_ured
lurer54625312l_urer
lures56138532l_ures
lurex124816732l_urex
parrel84515982parrel
saurels749302saurels

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.18637763.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691312.54570212.6
 
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