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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 “grooved” 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.

49 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
grooved1234725(None) 
groomed11379501groomed
groove10438871groove_
groover11358541groover
grooves11368801grooves
groved114413701gr_oved
brooded113510932brooded
brooked143610032brooked
broomed124111052broomed
crooked143910952crooked
crooned103813352crooned
drooled9369202drooled
drooped11368432drooped
droved114611642dr_oved
gloomed11337412gloomed
gloved114811872g_loved
goofed114911382g_oofed
goosed86817032g_oosed
graved114818812gr_aved
greaved12408912greaved
grieved1235282grieved
groaned9259972groaned
groined92710812groined
grokked1233672grokked
groomer10399872groomer
groovers12337122groovers
groovier1233792groovier
groovy13375402groov_y
groped107515062gr_oped
grossed93812262grossed
grouped11419192grouped
groused94712842groused
grouted94111502grouted
grove95219332gr_ove_
grovel104310542gr_ovel
groves104318102gr_oves
growled12278172growled
hooved134713122_hooved
proofed13138722proofed
proved125016032pr_oved
regrooved1443262regrooved
roofed105214742_roofed
rooked114918142_rooked
roomed95218542_roomed
roosed75621602_roosed
rooted75424002_rooted
roved95323552_r_oved
trooped104010722trooped
vroomed13366432vroomed

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671492.98336094.9
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.35953197.7
 
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