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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 “barbarians” 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.

30 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
barbarians144503(None) 
barbarian1346341barbarian_
barbarianism1882452barbarianism
barbarisms1644942barbarisms
barbarizes2345872barbarizes
agrarians1045793_agrarians
apiarians1146653_apiarians
aquarians1845873_aquarians
arcadians1245083_arcadians
barbarianisms1982333barbarianisms
barbaric1446363barbari__c
barbarism1545963barbari_sm
barbarities1544993barbarities
barbarity1645063barbari_ty
barbarize2246243barbari_ze
barbarized2444853barbarized
barbarizing2544983barbarizing
barbarous1345623barbar_ous
barbering14229683barberi_ng
barbicans1544483barb_icans
bargains1178643barga_i_ns
berberins1346713berberi_ns
caesarians1244943caesarians
carbanions1455193carbanions
carbarns1238563carbar__ns
cercarians1444783cercarians
cybrarians1752533cybrarians
librarians1263953librarians
margarins1248293margari_ns
warfarins1544733warfari_ns

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 Filter1786911406030.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit140603306.69021016.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691306.84626101.5
 
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