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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 “crawly” 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.

50 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
crawly14461076(None) 
brawly144312351brawly
crawl104916711crawl_
crawls114712081crawls
drawly134910721drawly
rawly115115831_rawly
scrawly15197191scrawly
brawl106217962brawl_
brawls115214332brawls
brawny144710602brawny
caraway1538132caraway
chally144314292chally
coaly105521592coa_ly
craal74117752craal_
craals84113302craals
crabby15346752crabby
crackly18397702crackly
cracky175010222cracky
cradle93313162cradle
crafty14478912crafty
craggy13396602craggy
crampy154710992crampy
crankly16358122crankly
cranky153910632cranky
cranny114210272cranny
crappy15446802crappy
crassly1276652crassly
craw97725262craw__
crawled133710402crawled
crawler123510462crawler
crawlway1941992crawlway
craws105723122craw_s
crazily2136922crazily
crazy195511222cra_zy
crowdy15467172crowdy
curably142010772curably
drably123511612drably
drawl95516012drawl_
drawls105511392drawls
grayly13287962grayly
growly13499172growly
orally93113592orally
rally84725902_rally
scrawl11208092scrawl_
scrawls12177282scrawls
scrawny15213942scrawny
sprawly15166042sprawly
trawl84915872trawl_
trawley13317302trawley
trawls94412392trawls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551502.36034979.2
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.71965719.4
 
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