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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 “barrows” 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.

44 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
barrows12341169(None) 
arrows92813491_arrows
barlows12259981barlows
barrow114512771barrow_
borrows12349261borrows
burrows12399101burrows
farrows13259791farrows
harrows132611041harrows
marrows122911831marrows
narrows10258851narrows
yarrows13277861yarrows
arrow83414892_arrow_
arrowy12288282_arrowy
barhops14288112barhops
barlow112911432barlow_
barons85025382ba_rons
barrels94514362barrels
barrens94414322barrens
barres84427552barr_es
barrets94917102barrets
barrios9310772barrios
barroom1139382barroom
barrooms1237902barrooms
baryons121010472baryons
borrow114310732borrow_
brows105425982b__rows
burros85114992burro_s
burrow114610812burrow_
carroms11512402carroms
carrots9714622carrots
farrow12309982farrow_
furrows13327792furrows
garrons82713462garrons
harrow122610782harrow_
karroos1139312karroos
marrons93216972marrons
marrow112812612marrow_
marrowy15236092marrowy
morrows12318722morrows
narrow9269152narrow_
parrots9312742parrots
sorrows10278402sorrows
sparrows1344812sparrows
yarrow12287942yarrow_

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671442.95336461.6
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.32953677.1
 
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