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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 “strawflowers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
strawflowers2112144(None) 
strawflower20121511strawflower_
starflowers1772372st_arflowers
safflowers1942803s__afflowers
starflower1672563st_arflower_
cornflowers1952584cor_nflowers
dayflowers2052414__dayflowers
foamflowers2252134_foamflowers
mayflowers2152474__mayflowers
reflowers15125984__r_eflowers
safflower1842994s__afflower_
scrawlers1434754scraw_l__ers
snowblowers1951544s_nowblowers
sprawlers1433904spraw_l__ers
straddlers12203824straddl__ers
strafers11379914stra_f___ers
stragglers12305254straggl__ers
stranglers11396824strangl__ers
sunflowers1683264s__unflowers
swallowers1653814s_wa_llowers
trawlers113310204_traw_l__ers
twinflowers2051954_twinflowers

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790226.68618664.4
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691227.10625146.5
 
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