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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 “sprawl” 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.

35 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
sprawl1118806(None) 
scrawl11208091scrawl
sprawls12176371sprawls
sprawly15166041sprawly
brawl106217962_brawl
crawl104916712_crawl
drawl95516012_drawl
pawl95123262_p_awl
prawn105312432_prawn
prowl105615122_prowl
scrawls12177282scrawls
scrawly15197192scrawly
serail64222672serail
seral56336382sera_l
shawl116217572s_hawl
spail74921552sp_ail
spall74919302sp_all
spawn107811712sp_awn
spiral83715342spira_l
sporal82915452spora_l
sprag86418692spra_g
sprags95715822sprags
sprain83614862sprain
sprang95713522sprang
sprat76635972spra_t
sprats85819932sprats
sprawled1434522sprawled
sprawler1334652sprawler
spray106720062spra_y
sprays115913642sprays
straw813321292straw_
straws98718672straws
strawy1210312822strawy
sural55931262sura_l
trawl84915872_trawl

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.51632810.4
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691352.89261788.0
 
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