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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 “barlow” 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.

36 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
barlow11291143(None) 
barlows12259981barlows
barrow114512771barrow
aglow94711972_aglow
allow85420662_allow
alow75328592_a_low
arrow83414892_arrow
bailor83412602bailor
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
barhop13319642barhop
barley115116762barley
baron78131242bar_on
barrows123411692barrows
baryon111211612baryon
bellow114213352bellow
below104617192b_elow
billow114111222billow
blow95827192b__low
borrow114310732borrow
brow97228442b_r_ow
burrow114610812burrow
callow114714662callow
fallow124713852fallow
farrow12309982farrow
hallow124818322hallow
harlot94422802harlot
harrow122610782harrow
mallow114014742mallow
marrow112812612marrow
narrow9269152narrow
parlor8312682parlor
sallow94315752sallow
tallow93714202tallow
wallow123913512wallow
yarrow12287942yarrow

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.45333653.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.79563932.4
 
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