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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 “friar” 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.

74 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
friar8541427(None) 
briar75718151briar
fiar76427331f_iar
friars93812091friars
friary124010091friary
frier85225841frier
aria46245422aria_
ariary94114202ariary
arias55438022arias
briard94311292briard
briars84814822briars
briary114912002briary
brier74527402brier
crier74724462crier
drear65016902drear
drier64423962drier
fair76332522fai_r
far67762602f__ar
fear75337792f_ear
feria85922712feria_
feriae95618602feriae
ferial94621252ferial
ferias95020392ferias
feuar8310242feuar
fiars86720832f_iars
fiat76646642f_iat
filar84819292filar
fir66744892f_i_r
firer811229252firer
flair86114122flair
flier86023402flier
flir76422202fli_r
foliar93210972foliar
frae75330472fr_ae
frag85126272fr_ag
frail85220212frail
frap95925812fr_ap
frat75648542fr_at
fray105428902fr_ay
freak125115242freak
freer86021242freer
friarly13316212friarly
fried95322912fried
friers94718932friers
fries85535602fries
frig85424502fri_g
frigs96019272frigs
frill84917562frill
frise85322452frise
frisk125312372frisk
frit77044472fri_t
frith115922032frith
frits86129102frits
fritt86129412fritt
fritz176020772fritz
friz166324342fri_z
frizer184011282frizer
frizz165512622frizz
fryer115913432fryer
fubar1039922fubar
liar47229682_liar
prier75027762prier
prior74316172prior
rear45644552_rear
ria36745502_ria_
rial45938092_rial
rias45540592_rias
roar46328572_roar
triac74116372triac
triad65217722triad
trial54926352trial
trier54328532trier
urial54823022urial
wrier84521752wrier

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800741.39038705.0
3Display Results74740.0332242.4
 (SQL Overall)178691741.736102932.6
 
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