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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 “narwhals” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
narwhals144361(None) 
narwals1036981narw_als
narwhal1344331narwhal_
narwhale1443221narwhale
narwhales1543161narwhales
marshals1337782marshals
narwal938942narw_al_
archils12510533_archils
argals75517713_ar_gals
arhats9312973_ar_hats
barchans1588683barchans
caracals12310743caracals
carpals113414623car_pals
darshans1286543darshans
farfals13268503far_fals
hardhats1546833hardhats
hartals10313023har_tals
marshal1238973marshal_
marshall1345483marshall
marshalls1444833marshalls
nachas114914193na_cha_s
narghile1244033narghile
narghiles1343543narghiles
narial6317953nar_ial_
nasals63312463na__sals
naturals847903naturals
nawabs1185063na_w_abs
normals92510903nor_mals
nuchals12216933n_uchals
parrals94414573par_rals
partials101911953partials
paschals1566473paschals
tarsals72512603tar_sals

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162336.95621012.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.37224239.1
 
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