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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 “sprah” 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.

76 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
sprag86418691sprag
sprat76635971sprat
spray106720061spray
surah86823251surah
coprah133710602coprah
ephah1337062ephah
gerah9315302gerah
horah117922052horah
opah96218402op_ah
pah88853592_p_ah
prahu105013972_prahu
pram85733492_pram
prao66229022_prao
prat65952042_prat
prau66529472_prau
pray96331532_pray
rah68052402__rah
saran53730312saran
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
selah8319612selah
sera46141392sera_
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
seral56336382seral
seraph114011162seraph
shah105627782s_hah
sirrah9379752sirrah
sora45746912sora_
soras55041012soras
spa55730812sp_a_
spae65034322sp_ae
spahi10311142sp_ahi
spam85930042sp_am
span65234662sp_an
spar65433302sp_ar
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
spas67036722sp_as
spat66548522sp_at
spay96631662sp_ay
spaz155626162sp_az
speak114618672speak
spean74620512spean
spear75821062spear
spiral83715342spiral
splash1168822splash
splat76129342splat
splay105816042splay
sporal82915452sporal
sprags95715822sprags
sprain83614862sprain
sprang95713522sprang
sprats85819932sprats
sprawl11188062sprawl
sprays115913642sprays
spread9312532spread
spree74830862spree
sprig85617742sprig
sprit76736402sprit
sprue74717632sprue
sprug85313892sprug
spry96819122spr_y
strap77925262strap
strath93216372strath
straw813321292straw
stray88525572stray
subah106015212subah
supra73614252supra_
sura45740292sura_
surahs94515542surahs
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
torah87125272torah

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800761.64032804.9
3Display Results76760.0302533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691761.98390111.4
 
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