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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 “pawl” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

207 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
pawl9512326(None) 
awl67635301_awl
bawl95326061bawl
pail66141831pail
pal56761671pa_l
pall65039341pall
paw87651171paw_
pawls105617661pawls
pawn94625301pawn
paws96038181paws
wawl105321941wawl
yawl104918971yawl
aal39058672_aal
ail37171042_ail
al210674042_a_l
all36148232_all
aw512563402_aw_
awa611939672_awa
awe67746622_awe
awls75926092_awls
awn68035912_awn
awol75620672_awol
baal67033112baal
bail65042802bail
bal56662722ba_l
ball66043322ball
bawd105520842bawd
bawls105719322bawls
bowl96827702bowl
brawl106217962brawl
call66838672call
carl65144782carl
caul65630002caul
caw86647932caw_
caws96036112caws
cowl97530812cowl
crawl104916712crawl
dahl87019222dahl
dal47554952da_l
daw77148362daw_
dawk126117282dawk
dawn85624202dawn
daws86638242daws
dawt85435942dawt
drawl95516012drawl
earl45838142earl
fail74840242fail
fall75535312fall
farl76338552farl
fawn105321952fawn
fowl105723632fowl
gal46055512ga_l
gall56335992gall
gaol56925412gaol
gawk126716692gawk
gawp107618632gawp
hail74839062hail
hall75741162hall
harl75740002harl
haul75530452haul
haw97153272haw_
hawk145521152hawk
haws106439442haws
howl107625692howl
jail115529092jail
jarl115828132jarl
jaw136237682jaw_
jaws145027292jaws
jowl146120302jowl
kail85131492kail
lall45531312lall
law68656642law_
lawn75925632lawn
laws76441682laws
mail65543452mail
mall64639372mall
marl66341622marl
maul64830722maul
maw87050102maw_
mawn94424142mawn
maws96437142maws
mewl95618322mewl
nail45838652nail
naw66346492naw_
opal66923522opa_l
owl66228972_owl
pa410456482pa__
pac79054082pa_c
paca85132242paca
pace86345772pace
pack125535442pack
pacs85842182pacs
pact86648722pact
pacy115328682pacy
pad68057322pa_d
padi76331782padi
padle84522342padle
pads76742952pads
page76036102page
pah88853592pa_h
paid75737482paid
paik105726802paik
pails75833062pails
pain65647242pain
pair66031512pair
pale66055012pale
palls74332562palls
pally105727122pally
palm85331362palm
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pam77858392pa_m
pams85641762pams
pan58466452pa_n
pane64950292pane
panel76023622panel
pang75336292pang
pans65855732pans
pant66061262pant
pap76758402pa_p
papa85827142papa
papal95820672papal
paps86443452paps
par57467022pa_r
para65242172para
pard76441322pard
pare66760842pare
park105237492park
parle75836162parle
parol74826272parol
parr65731152parr
pars67560792pars
part65967462part
pas58775742pa_s
pase65346862pase
pash95638132pash
pass65239952pass
past65959012past
pat58089462pa_t
pate65350462pate
path99134912path
patly105020582patly
pats66460852pats
paty95234562paty
pave96133892pave
pawed115725612pawed
pawer104422972pawer
pawky173810152pawky
pawns108818132pawns
pax127346852pa_x
pay88461182pa_y
pays95940222pays
peal68648102peal
pearl75324462pearl
peel65535612peel
pew86442302pew_
pews95731532pews
pial65636702pial
pill65339462pill
pol56449382p_ol
poll66332132poll
pool65835952pool
pow87147282pow_
pows95537662pows
prawn105312432prawn
prowl105615122prowl
pul56138062p_ul
pull64731662pull
purl65631422purl
rail46147762rail
raw67252252raw_
rawly115115832rawly
raws75238212raws
sail45447162sail
sal36462882sa_l
sall44544682sall
saul45836522saul
saw68255352saw_
sawn75428162sawn
saws75839482saws
shawl116217572shawl
spail74921552spail
spall74919302spall
spawn107811712spawn
sprawl11188062sprawl
tael46030712tael
tail45443652tail
tall47240212tall
taw610155452taw_
taws75641592taws
trawl84915872trawl
vail75432552vail
vaw95937462vaw_
vaws105527322vaws
wail75238822wail
wall76236102wall
waul76927312waul
waw97046382waw_
wawls115416472wawls
waws106834902waws
yaw97145152yaw_
yawls114613602yawls
yawn106219092yawn
yawp125215582yawp
yaws105531212yaws
yowl105820952yowl

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298722070.76638997.4
3Display Results2072070.0464500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912071.108161273.5
 
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