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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 “serows” 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.

70 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
serows9601639(None) 
serous65023561serous
serow86720441serow_
strows96718271strows
arrows92813482arrows
belows114614182belows
brows105425982_brows
ceros74726072cero_s
cerous85821202cerous
crows105727312_crows
enows85115492_enows
eros45238452_ero_s
escrows1235802escrows
frows116623102_frows
grows95523922_grows
heroes94923822heroes
herons94820542herons
heros84930862hero_s
meows104612682me_ows
nerols6914882nerols
prows106327012_prows
regrows11269152regrows
resows93915352resows
rows75941752__rows
sarods74918572sarods
saros55238062saro_s
scows106617802s_cows
screws115513892screws
scrods94111612scrods
segos64919482sego_s
senors63620792senors
sepoys1138472sepoys
seracs84418572seracs
serais64326132serais
seres55448892ser_es
serfs84922012ser_fs
serges74225972serges
series64540972series
serifs94017052serifs
serins64029672serins
serious73616282serious
sermons9311782sermons
serosa6313022serosa
serosas7312662serosas
sers45746652ser__s
serums83916302serums
serves94423652serves
servos93812722servos
setons64620172setons
setous64917372setous
sews75836022se__ws
shows115324582s_hows
shrews129313922shrews
slows85323462s_lows
snows84719892s_nows
sorrows10278402sorrows
sows75342492s__ows
sterols7313442sterols
stows86622702s_tows
straws98718672straws
strews96817102strews
strops86220382strops
strow88920572strow_
strown96812092strown
stroys95914602stroys
throws129715232throws
trows88826182_trows
vrows116115262_vrows
zeroes154314342zeroes
zeros144918112zero_s

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 Filter178691825510.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit82551704.15619863.1
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691704.91936326.7
 
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