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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 “crewelworks” 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.

28 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
crewelworks235132(None) 
crewelwork2251271crewelwork_
steelworks1743543ste_elworks
wheelworks2352973whe_elworks
breastworks2052364breastworks
capeworks2045634c_ape_works
caseworks1846414c_ase_works
craftworks2242624cr_aftworks
crewels12438494crewel____s
cribworks2043384cr__ibworks
drawnworks2151854draw_nworks
eelworms1344564__e_elworms
frameworks2243264frame_works
fretworks1945114fr__etworks
grillworks18142534gr_illworks
metalworks1943574_metalworks
needleworks1951494needleworks
pieceworks2143074piece_works
pressworks1954124pre_ssworks
preworks17599014pr__e_works
reworks145113604_r__e_works
screwworms2061624screw__worms
scrollworks20101424scr_ollworks
shellworks2043144she_llworks
steelwork1643554ste_elwork_
trestleworks196914trestleworks
webworks2044664___webworks
wheelwork2243164whe_elwork_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819288.47017570.1
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691288.88920102.5
 
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