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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 “farrow” 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.

36 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
farrow1230997(None) 
arrow83414881_arrow
barrow114512761barrow
farrows13259781farrows
furrow12427741furrow
harrow122610771harrow
marrow112812601marrow
narrow9269141narrow
yarrow12287931yarrow
arrows92813482_arrows
arrowy12288272_arrowy
barlow112911422barlow
barrows123411682barrows
borrow114310722borrow
burrow114610802burrow
carrom10513402carrom
carrot8423122carrot
fallow124713852fallow
faro76136922fa_ro_
faros85532022fa_ros
farrowed1545282farrowed
frow106425052f__row
furrows13327792furrows
furrowy16384472furrowy
garron73113492garron
harrows132611032harrows
karroo10410012karroo
marron83717542marron
marrows122911822marrows
marrowy15236082marrowy
morrow113510092morrow
narrows10258842narrows
parrot8320662parrot
sorrow9339442sorrow
sparrow1234262sparrow
yarrows13277852yarrows

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.37334787.6
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.71965719.4
 
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