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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 “parables” 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.

28 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
parables12161356(None) 
arables91814971_arables
parable111819771parable_
payables15166481payables
sparables13167161sparables
arable81821002_arable_
durables11237012durables
eatables10169792eatables
garbles104016922gar_bles
marbles114516652mar_bles
parablast1347092parablast
parabolas1347002parabolas
parades104121462para_des
parallel1047472parallel
parallels1145272parallels
parbakes1638342parbakes
parles86334402par__les
paroles95025882par_oles
parsable12311692parsable_
payable141711322payable_
portables1337872portables
potables12179702potables
ratables10159722ratables
sparable121611982sparable_
taxables1734382taxables
variables1444672variables
warbles123215562war_bles
wearables14155012wearables

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911210590.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit121059285.42322323.3
3Display Results28280.0132153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691286.01229722.4
 
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