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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 “barbarian” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
barbarian134634(None) 
barbarians1445031barbarians
barbaric1446362barbari_c
barbarism1545962barbarism
barbarity1645062barbarity
barbarize2246242barbarize
agrarian948253_agrarian
apiarian1048323_apiarian
aquarian1747013_aquarian
arcadian1147763_arcadian
barbarianism1882453barbarianism
barbarisms1644943barbarisms
barbarized2444853barbarized
barbarizes2345873barbarizes
barbarizing2544983barbarizing
barbarous1345623barbarous
barbering14229683barbering
barbican1445343barb_ican
bargain1079063barga_i_n
berberin1246563berberi_n
bursarial1154003bursarial
caesarian1147053caesarian
calvarian1446863calvarian
carbanion1345943carbanion
carbarn1139453carbar__n
cercarian1346233cercarian
cybrarian1643263cybrarian
herbaria1346093herbaria_
herbarial1465383herbarial
librarian1154843librarian
malarian10311563ma_larian
margarin1148073margari_n
warfarin1444983warfari_n

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641338.00018580.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.45221141.9
 
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