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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 “labradors” 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.

28 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
labradors124379(None) 
labrador1143881labrador_
abraders1137342_abraders
paradors113411902pa_radors
abators94413093_ab_ators
ablators1069883_ablators
abrader1038643_abrader_
abrades10312073_abrad_es
aerators8315613_aerators
ardors74416873_a_r_dors
barrators1148393barrators
laboratory1543683laboratory
labors84016413lab___ors
labradorite1461233labradorite
labradorites1561143labradorites
larders83516943la_r_ders
lardons83914493la_r_dons
laudators1045893laudators
liberators1247013liberators
libratory14255803libratory
matadors1156983ma_tadors
miradors1146853_miradors
narrators947863narrators
paraders113113123pa_raders
parador103311413pa_rador_
paradores12259673pa_radores
parados103816053pa_rado_s
vibrators14237253vibrators

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641286.86021667.8
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691287.32624391.3
 
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