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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 “burrows” 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.

31 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
burrows1239910(None) 
barrows123411691barrows
borrows12349261borrows
burros85114991burro_s
burrow114610811burrow_
furrows13327791furrows
arrows92813492_arrows
barlows12259982barlows
barrow114512772barrow_
borrow114310732borrow_
brows105425982b__rows
burbots1168672burbots
burgoos1037122burgoos
burnous938822burnous
burrers93814492burrers
burro75018492burro__
burrowed1444462burrowed
burrower1374272burrower
burrowers1483502burrowers
burrs74925652burr__s
burtons9310852burtons
farrows13259792farrows
furrow12427742furrow_
furrowy16384472furrowy
harrows132611042harrows
marrows122911832marrows
morrows12318722morrows
narrows10258852narrows
outrows10311402outrows
sorrows10278402sorrows
yarrows13277862yarrows

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.796224486.2
2DLD Change Limit107671314.37624604.9
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691315.17234549.7
 
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