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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 “cajole” 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.

34 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
cajole15401118(None) 
cajoled17428281cajoled
cajoler16398391cajoler
cajoles163712101cajoles
amole75724592_amole
anole55330382_anole
azole145118032_azole
cable95329912ca_ble
cackle143416922cackle
cajolers17267132cajolers
cajolery20253572cajolery
cajon144513902cajo_n
cajones163311332cajones
candle94321482candle
canoe75627252cano_e
canola8313622canola
cantle84522152cantle
capote10315732capote
cariole9818342cariole
carle74535702ca_rle
carol75128612carol_
caroled103717692caroled
caroler93816752caroler
caroli85918232caroli
carols85124982carols
castle84918962castle
cattle85118902cattle
caudle93912912caudle
citole8311502citole
cole66956112c__ole
creole8913732creole
haole84820082ha_ole
jole117233822__jole
parole84425252parole

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.65631080.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.02859012.9
 
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