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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 “petrels” 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.

31 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
petrels927937(None) 
petrel83111531petrel_
petrols92913081petrols
peytrels1363371peytrels
betels84515062bet_els
bethels1238532bethels
ferrels10248622ferrels
kestrels1235812kestrels
metres85121562metre_s
parrels94713492parrels
patrols93513512patrols
pearls84715392pear_ls
peels75226422pe__els
peeress939502peeress
pencels113610052pencels
peres76246642pe_re_s
perils84121852pe_rils
petals84719812pet_als
peters86624592pet_ers
petrale9312622petrale
petrales10312982petrales
petrol82714062petrol_
petronels1146062petronels
petrous92714422petrous
petters93722362petters
pettles93916482pettles
peytrals1355492peytrals
peytrel1264252peytrel_
poitrels1035242poitrels
pretzels1934032pretzels
tetryls1034642tetryls

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671316.93615523.5
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.34224338.2
 
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