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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 “seraph” 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.

31 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
seraph11401116(None) 
serape84818411serape
seraphs12408091seraphs
teraph11319091teraph
ceriph1398462ceriph
gerah9315302gera_h
graph115315612_graph
paraph13311262paraph
sarape84817572sarape
scarph13429602scarph
scrap97120402scrap_
scrape105917572scrape
scraps106017242scraps
search113312422search
selah8319612sela_h
sera46141392sera__
serac75925202sera_c
seracs84418572seracs
serai56830162sera_i
serail64222672serail
serais64326132serais
seral56336382sera_l
serapes95218102serapes
seraphic1546632seraphic
seraphim1544802seraphim
seraphin1345952seraphin
staph104314652s_taph
strap77925262strap_
straps87721782straps
strath93216372strath
surah86823252sura_h

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.45333653.1
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691312.81263545.9
 
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