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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 “drawled” 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.

56 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
drawled1236834(None) 
brawled133910121brawled
crawled133710401crawled
drawler11338591drawler
trawled113411521trawled
bawled124415692_bawled
brailed103914012brailed
brawler124310232brawler
craaled10339422craaled
cradled113410812cradled
crawler123510462crawler
darkled13378722darkled
dartled9409852dartled
dawdled13376722d_awdled
dawed106222812d_aw_ed
dawned113912092d_awned
dawted11489682d_awted
derailed102410402derailed
dialed84716452dia_led
dialled9510132dialled
drabbed13428722drabbed
drabbled14367052drabbled
drafted12439032drafted
dragged11379562dragged
draggled1254672draggled
drained93713252drained
drammed13378072drammed
draped105314362dra_ped
dratted9358592dratted
drawee104413822draw_ee
drawees11378362drawees
drawer104711362draw_er
drawl95516012drawl__
drawlers12307312drawlers
drawlier12225252drawlier
drawls105511392drawl_s
drawly134910722drawl_y
drayed115911392dra_yed
drilled94711672drilled
drolled93810222drolled
drooled9369202drooled
drowned12419902drowned
drowsed12448742drowsed
growled12278172growled
kraaled12254982kraaled
prawned1346742prawned
prowled13309912prowled
railed74727542_railed
scrawled1445922scrawled
shawled1437772shawled
sprawled1434522sprawled
trailed83415672trailed
trawler104011902trawler
trawley13317302trawley
wawled133811702_wawled
yawled13459982_yawled

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671563.40331640.0
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691563.79547085.9
 
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