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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 “apparel” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

90 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
apparel114600(None) 
apparels1245121apparels
appal95315222appa__l
appall10379742appa_ll
apparat11711712apparat
appareled1442892appareled
apparent1248262apparent
appeared1336142appeared
appel94615892app__el
rapparee1245872rapparee
afeared1176833afeared
aglare7312433aglare_
ampere10514413ampere_
amperes11313983amperes
aneared8512743aneared
apace94718383a_pace_
aparejo16113523a_parejo
apart74330673a_par_t
apiaries10312733apiaries
apiary113910383apiar_y
appalled1344813appalled
appalls11337743appalls
appals104812943appa_ls
apparats1287093apparats
appareling1543423appareling
apparelled1552613apparelled
apparently1753793apparently
appeal103911613app_eal
appealed1335603appealed
appealer1245743appealer
appear10379343appear__
appears11308953appear_s
appease1137913appease_
appeased1335793appeased
appeaser1245953appeaser
appeases1238663appeases
appels104312793app__els
apple94517673app_le_
apples104315763app_les
applet105917433app_let
applied1247483applied
applier1137903applier
applies11311223applies
appose10411993appose_
apposed1247853apposed
apposer1147483apposer
apposes11511473apposes
apres75426403a_p_res
apteral9311523apteral
ascared10399523ascared
asparkle1443843asparkle
aspire8612123aspire_
aspired1068173aspired
aspirer967903aspirer
aspires9612043aspires
aware86420023a_ware_
dapperer1335763dapperer
empanel1145963empanel
impanel1137093impanel
lappered13288213lappered
mappable1635923mappable
panel76023623__panel
papal95820673papa__l
papered122513173papered
paperer113111903paperer
papyral1445773papyral
parcel103915473__parcel
pare66760843__pare_
pared86946763__pared
pareo74632603__pareo
parer75839903__parer
pares77164483__pares
pareu74928743__pareu
parle75836163__parle
parol74826273__parol
parrel84515983_parrel
pearl75324463_pear_l
petrel83111533_petrel
rapparees1343953rapparees
rappel104211953rapp__el
repanel939963repanel
spare75135563_spare_
spared95427493_spared
sparely123410673_sparely
sparer84524963_sparer
spares84834553_spares
speared104314423speared
spearer93913663spearer
taffarel1442563taffarel
tappable1436343tappable

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027906.71619956.4
3Display Results90900.0332727.3
 (SQL Overall)178691907.13925030.3
 
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