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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 “scrub” 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.

65 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
scrub9491420(None) 
scrubs104210311scrubs
scrum95418201scrum
shrub104814891shrub
chub115516412_chub
club85819472_club
crab85727672_crab
crib86323582_crib
cru57129562_cru_
crud75219612_crud
crumb114313592_crumb
crus65828482_crus
crux135415002_crux
cub76940942_c_ub
curb86732222_curb
drub75920132_drub
ecru65819532ecru_
ecrus75113862ecrus
grub77220082_grub
rub56342822__rub
sacrum103910142sacrum
scab85926712sc_ab
scarab10310062scarab
scaup95515992scaup
scaur75814912scaur
schlub1355002schlub
schul102510412schul
scour75315532scour
scout75031452scout
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
scree720031712scree
screw109318542screw
scribe104613532scribe
scrim95419742scrim
scrip96619192scrip
scrod85115072scrod
scrubby1642802scrubby
scruff1437962scruff
scrums104614252scrums
scry96017762scr_y
scuba94211592sc_uba
scud76221282sc_ud
scum85924522sc_um
scup84822382sc_up
scurf104719322scurf
scut65835542sc_ut
serum75223472serum
shlub105411742shlub
shrubs11409212shrubs
shrug94512512shrug
sirup74014912sirup
slub65428032s_lub
slurb74116322slurb
snub65320762s_nub
sorb68333042sor_b
sorus54527582sorus
sprue74717632sprue
sprug85313892sprug
strum75619452strum
strut56030732strut
stub66221842s_tub
sub55445552s__ub
syrup103010962syrup

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800653.03017755.8
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691653.38952726.8
 
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