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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 “petrols” 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.

32 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
petrols9291308(None) 
patrols93513511patrols
petrels9279371petrels
petrol82714061petrol_
petrous92714421petrous
enrols61213382_enrols
ketols104210762ket_ols
metols84115772met_ols
metros84217802metro_s
nerols6914882ne_rols
parols84722612p_arols
patrol83213022patrol_
patrons93818102patrons
pearls84715392pear_ls
pedros9312182pedro_s
perils84121852pe_rils
perrons93115482perrons
petals84719812pet_als
petiole9311302petiole
petioles10311642petioles
petrale9312622petrale
petrales10312982petrales
petrel83111532petrel_
petrolic1249692petrolic
petronels1146062petronels
peytrals1355492peytrals
peytrels1363372peytrels
pyrrols1235402pyrrols
retools73411022retools
retros63820192retro_s
sterols7313442sterols
tetryls1034642tetryls

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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit107671323.34332207.9
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691323.46951510.8
 
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