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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 “cairns” 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.

94 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
cairns8531330(None) 
airns55521031_airns
bairns86710871bairns
cains75334301cai_ns
cairds96411511cairds
cairn75717511cairn_
cairny11557821cairny
carns75937561ca_rns
acorns85013012acorns
ains46158882_ai_ns
airn46433832_airn_
airs46447422_air_s
airts55626342_airts
bairn77515532bairn_
barns76335142ba_rns
cabins104418922cabins
cadres94017932cadres
caids85226422cai_ds
caimans113811782caimans
cain65643912cai_n_
caird85717232cair_d
cairned1037642cairned
camions113916132camions
canons85522062canons
cans65050852ca__ns
capons104119502capons
capris10415082capris
carbs96031462ca_rbs
cards85137932ca_rds
cares77369182ca_res
caries85147622caries
carina84325332carina
carinas93622412carinas
caring95137992caring
carks115534212ca_rks
carls77037422ca_rls
carn66245432ca_rn_
carny105822922ca_rny
carps96932252ca_rps
carrs75730852ca_rrs
cars67364762ca_r_s
carts78946292ca_rts
caserns94711222caserns
cations94524142cations
caverns124510252caverns
chains114819702chai_ns
chairs114916182chair_s
chins105631462chi_ns
chirks155414842chirks
chirms135113982chirms
chiros114617772chiros
chirps135414002chirps
chirrs114514982chirrs
chirus114615692chirus
churns114910232churns
cions75222852c_ions
cires74932912c_ires
coigns94410062coigns
coins75834552coi_ns
coirs75221052coir_s
corns76034762c_orns
curns74924282c_urns
darns66927892da_rns
earns55927562ea_rns
fairs85825442fair_s
firns86018542_firns
gains65729512gai_ns
girns64516802_girns
hairs86225172hair_s
kains96125642kai_ns
karns96624142ka_rns
kirns95315452_kirns
lairds74711612lairds
lairs55425872lair_s
mains75635112mai_ns
mairs76228302mair_s
nairas6312782nairas
nairus639142nairus
pains75138282pai_ns
pairs75325832pair_s
pirns76020092_pirns
rains55140232rai_ns
sains55639972sai_ns
sarins63932622sarins
shairns10276782shairns
tains54936322tai_ns
tarns56433952ta_rns
vairs85019132vair_s
wains86930872wai_ns
wairs86424062wair_s
warns87231002wa_rns
yairds10448022yairds
yarns85621792ya_rns
zaires1539702zaires

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551942.47033421.5
3Display Results94940.0303133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691942.89061830.8
 
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