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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 “awful” 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.

26 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
awful117814(None) 
lawful1235491lawful
afoul8510192afoul
aidful1057072aidful
aimful1166702aimful
ampul91110852ampul
annul55813382annul
armful1167162armful
artful968272artful
awfully1644002awfully
awl67635302aw__l
awol75620672aw_ol
bagful1237212bagful
canful11610262canful
capful1368172capful
carful11610972carful
earful958962earful
hatful12108742hatful
jarful1646682jarful
lapful1156482lapful
manful11610212manful
panful1179742panful
vatful12107082vatful
waeful1238122waeful
waul76927312_waul
woful1158172woful

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800261.60633499.4
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691261.91893165.3
 
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