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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 “scrawler” 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.

29 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
scrawler134589(None) 
crawler123510461_crawler
scrawled1445921scrawled
scrawlers1434751scrawlers
scrawlier1443901scrawlier
sprawler1334651sprawler
brawler124310232_brawler
cradler102910512_cradler
crawled133710402_crawled
crawlers13309012_crawlers
crawlier13216872_crawlier
drawler11338592_drawler
scaler84321612sc_a_ler
scowler12248192sc_owler
scrabbler15195202scrabbler
scrambler15165042scrambler
scraper114513422scra_per
scrapper1466972scrapper
scrawl11208092scrawl__
scrawls12177282scrawl_s
scrawly15197192scrawl_y
scrawnier1443642scrawnier
screwer124410072screw_er
screwier1346432screwier
sprawled1434522sprawled
sprawlers1433902sprawlers
sprawlier1443292sprawlier
strawier1137492strawier
trawler104011902_trawler

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059293.78032026.2
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.18642687.8
 
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