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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 “narrowest” 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.

36 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
narrowest124428(None) 
narrowed1235202narrowe_d
narrower1145062narrowe_r
narrowish1543742narrowish
narrowness1352642narrowness
narrows10258842narrow_s_
arrest63722633_arr__est
arrowed1148113_arrowe_d
arrowless1242813_arrowless
arrows92813483_arrow_s_
barrenest1149563barrenest
barrows123411683barrow_s_
callowest1445823callowest
carrotiest1245663carrotiest
farrowed1545283farrowe_d
farrows13259783farrow_s_
garrotes969363garrotes_
harrowed1556263harrowe_d
harrower1446363harrowe_r
harrowers1555683harrowers
harrows132611033harrow_s_
marrowed1445973marrowe_d
marrowfat1752493marrowfat
marrows122911823marrow_s_
narcoses103910543narcoses_
narrates8312763narrates_
narrow9269143narrow___
narrowing1345603narrowing
narrowly1442903narrow_ly
northwest1544673northwest
parroket1449203parroke_t
parrokets1543923parrokets
prowest12311533__prowest
sallowest1246563sallowest
tarriest83215003tarr_iest
yarrows13277853yarrow_s_

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641368.00018580.1
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.46621106.9
 
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