Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “trawl” 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.

96 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
trawl8491587(None) 
brawl106217961brawl
crawl104916711crawl
drawl95516011drawl
trail55126771trail
trawls94412391trawls
awl67635302__awl
bawl95326062_bawl
brail75525552brail
braw94829562braw_
brawls115214332brawls
brawly144312352brawly
brawn106018562brawn
braws106425192braws
craal74117752craal
craw97725262craw_
crawls114712082crawls
crawly144610762crawly
craws105723122craws
drail65020972drail
draw85623012draw_
drawls105511392drawls
drawly134910722drawly
drawn95614242drawn
draws95119372draws
frail85220212frail
graal64316502graal
grail64622872grail
growl96115822growl
kraal94511822kraal
oral47638122ora_l
pawl95123262_pawl
prawn105312432prawn
prowl105615122prowl
rail46147762_rail
raw67252252_raw_
rawly115115832_rawly
raws75238212_raws
scrawl11208092scrawl
shawl116217572shawl
sprawl11188062sprawl
straw813321292straw_
straws98718672straws
strawy1210312822strawy
tael46030712t_ael
tail45443652t_ail
tall47240212t_all
taw610155452t_aw_
taws75641592t_aws
teal45546502tea_l
thaw107521312thaw_
thaws116515462thaws
thrall93810292thrall
thraw1110515922thraw_
thrawn12769422thrawn
thraws129211102thraws
trace75829612trace
track114823012track
tract75635712tract
trad55630912tra_d
trade65026042trade
tragi64717172tragi
traik95418202traik
trails64622512trails
train56529112train
trait56940842trait
tram67034552tra_m
tramel84113712tramel
tramp96319772tramp
trams75327672trams
trank96222422trank
tranq145416892tranq
trans54933042trans
trap67532802tra_p
traps75727482traps
trapt76433392trapt
trash86119762trash
trass56226472trass
trave85223032trave
travel94112982travel
trawled113411522trawled
trawler104011902trawler
trawley13317302trawley
tray77632592tra_y
trays85623432trays
trews86118892trews
trial54926352trial
trill55122932trill
triol55521362triol
troll54416532troll
trow78031422trow_
trowel94211462trowel
trows88826182trows
trull54012672trull
wawl105321942_wawl
yawl104918972_yawl

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit53800961.95327547.4
3Display Results96960.0166000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691962.34576200.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.