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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 “parlous” 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.

35 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
parlous941429(None) 
parlors9312911parlors
parlour937261parlour
parlours1036151parlours
parous84024161par_ous
barlows12259972barlows
callous93516602callous
carious93320282carious
carolus94612602carolus
gallous82813952gallous
harlots103413292harlots
pallors9314362pallors
palpus104210282pa_lpus
pappous1057462pappous
pardons103817622pardons
pareos87023772pareo_s
pareus85420742par_eus
pargos95719042pargo_s
parlays123910452parlays
parles86334402parl_es
parleys125212372parleys
parlor8312672parlo_r
parlously1445662parlously
paroles95025882paroles
parols84722612par_ols
parrots9312742parrots
parsons93516872parsons
partons94620512partons
parvos116614752parvo_s
patulous10116362patulous
perilous10310692perilous
pilous84717752p_ilous
porous84419482por_ous
sarcous9312932sarcous
various103113102various

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.30032627.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.68648478.3
 
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