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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 “thirl” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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93 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
thirl8541682(None) 
thill85918731thill
thiol87616041thiol
thir76420541thir_
third95912491third
thirls95012061thirls
thurl84912681thurl
tirl45029921t_irl
twirl85011941twirl
whirl114913821whirl
awhirl1264672awhirl
birl65830472_birl
chiel104918972chiel
chill105619872chill
chiral114614412chiral
chirk144516182chirk
chirm125317062chirm
chiro105320342chiro
chirp124717162chirp
chirr105015902chirr
chiru105317152chiru
churl105913882churl
dirl57430022_dirl
girl56226552_girl
harl75740002_harl
herl75834552_herl
hill76439492_hill
hire75538962_hire
hurl76029932_hurl
phial10313202phial
shiel811023772shiel
shill85325332shill
shire84727132shire
shirk124817842shirk
shirr84716922shirr
shirt84533902shirt
shorl84720252shorl
skirl96012912skirl
swirl84514142swirl
tail45443652tai_l
thairm1156962thairm
tharm105916642tharm
their85512152their_
theirs94610352theirs
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
thick145613352thick
thief114516302thief
thigh12410122thigh
thills95515382thills
thin76732392thi_n
thine85026862thine
thing96622982thing
think125018802think
thinly1238672thinly
thins85826332thins
thio77225412thi_o
thiols95112762thiols
thiram1139962thiram
thirdly1444632thirdly
thirds10438602thirds
thirled11328092thirled
thirst9312252thirst
thirty12378402thirty
this76027382thi_s
thorn85318702thorn
thoro86217872thoro
thorp104414262thorp
thrill94910592thrill
thrip103012182thrip
thro77726422th_ro
thru76818942th_ru
thurls9418712thurls
til36350262t_i_l
till45941202t_ill
tire46143352t_ire
tirls54519802t_irls
tiro46832362t_iro
toil46536282toi_l
trial54926352trial
trill55122932trill
triol55521362triol
twill85612722twill
twirls9478122twirls
twirly12427082twirly
twirp10468942twirp
virl76224472_virl
whir105519282whir_
whirls124710532whirls
whirly15448862whirly
whirr114611192whirr
whirs115218092whirs
whorl114612452whorl

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800931.51635488.1
3Display Results93930.0165812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691931.84596851.5
 
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