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

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

27 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
earplug104285(None) 
earplugs1142241earplugs
bearhug1343163bear_hug
carolus94612603carolus
carping123521083carping
carpus105514303carp_us
earbud936283ear_bud
eardrum10135423eardrum
earflap1243273earflap
earful958963ear_ful
earfuls1036863earfuls
earing75235483ear_ing
earl45838143ear_l__
earlap837183ear_lap
earls56127513ear_l_s
early85324123ear_l_y
earning83418213earning
earring83519013earring
earwig10114703ear_wig
fireplug1442083fireplug
harping134118383harping
marplot1149673marplot
plug74915993___plug
sparkplug1881203sparkplug
surplus936793surplus
unplug954413_unplug
warping133715183warping

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027277.54617761.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.98522378.3
 
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