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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 “canary” 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.

42 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
canary1131469(None) 
canard9314761canard
alary86123442_alary
angary10311322_angary
angry9310872_angry
binary11312222binary
calory11312842calory
calvary1537182calvary
canal75428042cana_l
canals84421672canals
canape10913522canape
canards10311202canards
candy115119822can_dy
caner75334772caner_
caners84629202caners
cannery123610012cannery
canny105817692can_ny
canonry1235922canonry
canopy1337732canopy
canty105226802can_ty
carry105823782ca_rry
catenary1346582catenary
cavalry1554962cavalry
cedary12419602cedary
chantry15388222chantry
chary135023132c_hary
clary105719612c_lary
covary1438742covary
datary10310242datary
denary105316862denary
gantry103810112gantry
granary1157792granary
laniary1068012laniary
manuary1237772manuary
nary76931222__nary
panfry14456412panfry
pantry115014102pantry
salary9515212salary
senary93716072senary
unary8315992_unary
vagary1337332vagary
zonary1838792zonary

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.22037185.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.57969286.9
 
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