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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 “parroted” 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.

29 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
parroted115884(None) 
garroted1056781garroted
parroter1058201parroter
arrowed1148112_arrowed
carromed1338562carromed
farrowed1545282farrowed
garoted9710132ga_roted
garreted1057522garreted
garrote8510102garrote_
garroter956572garroter
garrotes969362garrotes
garrotted1164132garrotted
harrowed1556262harrowed
marrowed1445972marrowed
narrated9310322narrated
narrowed1235202narrowed
pardoned12189332pardoned
parented11912212parented
pargeted1238682pargeted
paroled104217632pa_roled
parotid102915512pa_rotid
parred95024072parr__ed
parried103615722parr_ied
parroket1449202parroket
parrot8320662parrot__
parroters1156762parroters
parrots9312742parrot_s
parroty1247862parrot_y
parted94228682pa_r_ted

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059293.65633112.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691294.09243668.4
 
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