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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 “sprawls” 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.

28 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
sprawls1217637(None) 
scrawls12177281scrawls
sprawl11188061sprawl_
sprawly15166041sprawly
brawls115214332_brawls
crawls114712082_crawls
drawls105511392_drawls
pawls105617662_p_awls
prawns11509022_prawns
prowls115511082_prowls
scrawl11208092scrawl_
scrawly15197192scrawly
serails73318362serails
shawls125411972s_hawls
spails84817822sp_ails
spalls84217342sp_alls
spawns11577922sp_awns
spirals93212512spira_ls
sprags95715822spra_gs
sprains93013592sprains
sprangs104610052sprangs
sprats85819932spra_ts
sprawled1434522sprawled
sprawler1334652sprawler
sprawlers1433902sprawlers
sprays115913642spra_ys
straws98718672straw_s
trawls94412392_trawls

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671282.84337872.3
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691283.20355788.6
 
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