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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 “petrel” 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.

38 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
petrel8311153(None) 
petrels9279371petrels
petrol82714061petrol
peytrel1264251peytrel
betel74419902bet_el
bethel1169642bethel
ferrel92810202ferrel
kestrel1137112kestrel
metre74821302metre_
metred95315142metred
metres85121562metres
parrel84515982parrel
patrol83213022patrol
pearl75324462pear_l
peel65535612pe__el
peered93819492peered
pencel103812912pencel
pere66450262pe_re_
perea75026442pe_rea
peres76246642pe_res
peril75425952pe_ril
perter84422282perter
petal76526892pet_al
peter74427592pet_er
petered103314972petered
peters86624592peters
petrale9312622petrale
petrols92913082petrols
petronel1048142petronel
petted94121522petted
petter83924772petter
pettle84116052pettle
peytral1287502peytral
peytrels1363372peytrels
poitrel936192poitrel
pretzel1835142pretzel
retral64419742retral
tetryl935692tetryl

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551382.53032628.9
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691382.86062479.4
 
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