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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 “scrawled” 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.

30 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
scrawled144592(None) 
crawled133710401_crawled
scrawler1345891scrawler
sprawled1434521sprawled
becrawled1743122becrawled
brawled133910122_brawled
craaled10339422_craaled
cradled113410812_cradled
crawler123510462_crawler
drawled12368342_drawled
scaled94822442sc_a_led
scowled13398192sc_owled
scrabbled16154972scrabbled
scragged1335822scragged
scrambled16164812scrambled
scrammed1555002scrammed
scraped124313132scra_ped
scrapped1556532scrapped
scrawl11208092scrawl__
scrawlers1434752scrawlers
scrawlier1443902scrawlier
scrawls12177282scrawl_s
scrawly15197192scrawl_y
screwed135710662screw_ed
scrolled1137052scrolled
scrupled1335822scrupled
shawled1437772s_hawled
sprawler1334652sprawler
strawed114813612straw_ed
trawled113411522_trawled

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059303.73332429.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.14243141.2
 
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