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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 “bawler” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

113 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
bawler11431505(None) 
bailer85425251bailer
baler75635271ba_ler
baller83825201baller
bawled124415691bawled
bawlers124412731bawlers
bowler114217311bowler
brawler124310231brawler
abler75624312_abler
babbler104012822babbler
babier103515572babier
backer144525522backer
badder103817512badder
badger105415082badger
baffler15418112baffler
bagger104619202bagger
bailed94726652bailed
bailee84526012bailee
bailers94221352bailers
bailey115015672bailey
bailor83412602bailor
baiter84422552baiter
baker115629542ba_ker
balder95318862balder
bale66353842ba_le_
baled85436442ba_led
balers85626932ba_lers
bales76250082ba_les
balker124519162balker
balled94926892balled
ballers94421012ballers
ballet84733972ballet
bander93928222bander
banger94423632banger
banker124222732banker
banner84421502banner
banter84825332banter
barber104419322barber
barer74535802ba_rer
barker124822862barker
barley115116762barley
barter85525372barter
baser74828922ba_ser
basher115123812basher
baster85333592baster
bather115322512bather
batter84928872batter
battler94113382battler
bawbee132714232bawbee
bawdier13378202bawdier
bawl95326062bawl__
bawls105719322bawl_s
biller84923482biller
birler85715082birler
boiler84319272boiler
bower107328182bow_er
bowlder13407482bowlder
bowled125018142bowled
bowleg12369182bowleg
bowlers123715782bowlers
bowyer14368922bowyer
brawer114216332braw_er
brawled133910122brawled
brawlers13408642brawlers
brawlier13267042brawlier
bugler94717722bugler
burler84723832burler
butler84220032butler
cabler104519172cabler
caller85125482caller
crawler123510462crawler
dawdler12356792dawdler
drawler11338592drawler
fabler116115812fabler
faller94621232faller
fawner125910462fawner
fowler123712582fowler
gaoler73913572gaoler
gawker14559352gawker
gawper12499692gawper
hailer94720342hailer
haler85033522ha_ler
hauler95015122hauler
hawker164812662hawker
hawser125910842hawser
howler123514312howler
jailer134316682jailer
ladler74314932ladler
lawyer12386972lawyer
mailer84724182mailer
mauler84416712mauler
mewler113510232mewler
nailer64119362nailer
paler75436932pa_ler
pawer104422972paw_er
pawner114212922pawner
railer64524932railer
rawer84623732raw_er
sailer63526102sailer
sawer85026212saw_er
sawyer12438042sawyer
tailer63823732tailer
taler56034862ta_ler
taller63721962taller
tawer85223442taw_er
trawler104011902trawler
wailer93720322wailer
waler84229262wa_ler
wawled133811702wawled
yawled13459982yawled
yawner12428472yawner
yawper14437952yawper
yowler123310042yowler

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit825511132.50033020.4
3Display Results1131130.0462456.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911132.88961852.2
 
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