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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 “serow” 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.

78 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
serow8672044(None) 
serows96016391serows
strow88920571strow
aero45435342aero_
arrow83414882arrow
below104617192below
brow97228442_brow
cero66329452cero_
ceros74726072ceros
crow96428132_crow
enow77819872_enow
eros45238452_eros
escrow1135912escrow
frow106425052_frow
grow86127302_grow
hero74635782hero_
heron85025502heron
heros84930862heros
meow95117882me_ow
nerol51017812nerol
prow97030382_prow
regrow10309882regrow
resow88217242resow
row67453672__row
sarod65325872sarod
saros55238062saros
scow96021422s_cow
screw109318542screw
scrod85115072scrod
sego56525182sego_
segos64919482segos
senor53822802senor
sepoy10314302sepoy
ser36752402ser__
sera46141392ser_a
serac75925202serac
serai56830162serai
seral56336382seral
sere46153472ser_e
sered65737292sered
serer55935512serer
seres55448892seres
serf76340112ser_f
serfs84922012serfs
serge64727472serge
serif84132132serif
serin55434442serin
sermon8413552sermon
serosa6313022serosa
serous65023562serous
serry84824122serry
sers45746652ser_s
serum75223472serum
serve85425962serve
servo84516682servo
servos93812722servos
seton55223542seton
sew66247262se__w
show106229192s_how
shrew119720172shrew
slow77729492s_low
snow76324792s_now
sorrow9339442sorrow
sow66554762s__ow
sterol6613332sterol
stow77325742s_tow
straw813321292straw
strew89220662strew
strop77422242strop
strown96812092strown
strows96718272strows
stroy87720392stroy
throw118719732throw
trow78031422_trow
vrow105817472_vrow
xerox1138622xerox
zero134822472zero_
zeros144918112zeros

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 Filter178691538000.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit53800782.93618324.3
3Display Results78780.0332363.6
 (SQL Overall)178691783.57949927.6
 
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