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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 “ouzel” 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.

30 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
ouzel14461232(None) 
ousel55222401ousel
ouzels15408701ouzels
bezel165215172bezel
cupel9514302cupel
donzel1636312donzel
duel56729702du_el
fuel76824732fu_el
fusel85218492fusel
fuze166422372fuze_
fuzed185415252fuzed
fuzee175718882fuzee
fuzes175120222fuzes
fuzil173810702fuzil
hazel176414812hazel
housel95217052housel
jurel124516332jurel
kugel1068572kugel
ooze136420602ooze_
oozed154214262oozed
oozes145418712oozes
oriel54920422oriel
ousels64815282ousels
outed65429062outed
outer55633302outer
ouzo133516932ouz_o
ouzos143210412ouzos
rubel75416832rubel
touzle15429002touzle
wurzel1834992wurzel

Search took 3 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 Limit53800302.17024792.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691302.49971505.0
 
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