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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 “drab” 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.

168 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
drab7622645(None) 
crab85727671crab
dab67455561d_ab
darb76033531darb
drabs85119671drabs
drag64825051drag
dram75832001dram
drat56247831drat
draw85623011draw
dray85428091dray
drib76823261drib
drub75920131drub
grab75427611grab
ab410674762__ab
arak86929572arak
arb510448422ar_b
barb85240062barb
blab86629132blab
bra56339462bra_
brad75234342brad
brae65639112brae
brag75229722brag
bran65740382bran
bras65746452bras
brat66055542brat
braw94829562braw
bray95232902bray
cab78355402_cab
carb85143162carb
crabs95421392crabs
crag75625302crag
cram85635492cram
crap85731842crap
craw97725262craw
crib86323582crib
dabs77139402d_abs
dad58456162d_ad
dag57753012d_ag
dah78148982d_ah
dak86340692d_ak
dal47554952d_al
dam67457042d_am
dan46859672d_an
dap66652452d_ap
darbs85323262darbs
dare55848862dare
dark95133212dark
darn56434622darn
dart55857872dart
daub77423442daub
daw77148362d_aw
day76254112d_ay
dead65434242dead
deaf85838402deaf
deal56347412deal
dean56039482dean
dear55343602dear
deb66342692d_eb
derat65044082derat
deray95024182deray
dhak125512032dhak
dhal86719282dhal
dial55935062dial
dib65746942d_ib
diram84419472diram
doat56947672doat
drably123511612drably
draff125615662draff
draft95526682draft
drags75521112drags
drail65020972drail
drain65222892drain
drake104918302drake
drama85117412drama
drams86025832drams
drank104816202drank
drape85319632drape
drats66628372drats
drave95219272drave
drawl95516012drawl
drawn95614242drawn
draws95119372draws
drays95819772drays
dread74419022dread
dream85120392dream
drear65016902drear
dree56638322dree
dreg66821652dreg
drek96321092drek
drew86221672drew
dribs85115062dribs
drip76223952drip
drop75324402drop
drubs85913832drubs
drug65718132drug
drum76521592drum
dry76526032dr_y
dryad10477582dryad
drys86314802drys
duad66521412duad
dual55928172dual
dub66642202d_ub
dumb97124102dumb
dura55232112dura_
dural64923892dural
duras65727722duras
dyad96415452dyad
era35741502era_
eras45441502eras
fab87453132_fab
flab96628352flab
frae75330472frae
frag85126272frag
frap95925812frap
frat75648542frat
fray105428902fray
gab67155992_gab
garb75332672garb
grabs85719692grabs
grad66829862grad
gram77034582gram
gran56335012gran
grat55651282grat
gray85329892gray
grub77220082grub
jab128444112_jab
kab97145852_kab
lab58864782_lab
nab56954922_nab
ora37250832ora_
orad56031692orad
oral47638122oral
orb55736862or_b
pram85733492pram
prao66229022prao
prat65952042prat
prau66529472prau
pray96331532pray
rad47662002_rad
rag45761322_rag
rah68052402_rah
rai37658222_rai
raj105740222_raj
ram56867272_ram
ran38266622_ran
rap56261962_rap
ras37575392_ras
rat37892742_rat
raw67252252_raw
rax108445722_rax
ray66361992_ray
reb55844962_reb
rib56848032_rib
rob56754302_rob
rub56342822_rub
sab56563202_sab
scab85926712scab
slab67133762slab
stab67329932stab
swab96825312swab
tab57460322_tab
trad55630912trad
tram67034552tram
trap67532802trap
tray77632592tray
urb55731102ur_b
wab87051832_wab
wrap96821972wrap

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit298721680.87634100.5
3Display Results1681680.0463652.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911681.015176050.2
 
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