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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 “medlar” 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.

29 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
medlar9301046(None) 
medlars10259441medlars
pedlar93311271pedlar
bedlam1149272bedlam
cedar84014322ced_ar
cellar84514982cellar
malar76424442m_alar
medal86221332med_al
medals94218052medals
meddler11319952meddler
media84721712media_
mediad104313712mediad
mediae94217412mediae
medial93819862medial
median94117542median
medias93620782medias
medley1298332medley
medullar1143462medullar
melder93915812melder
mewler113510232mewler
modular1087362modular
molar75223092m_olar
mudlark1463912mudlark
mylar105311532m_ylar
pedlars103210212pedlars
pedlary13277542pedlary
pedler93614612pedler
redear73515172redear
velar85817632ve_lar

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551292.29635954.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691292.43873294.1
 
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