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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 “cardigan” 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.

63 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
cardigan124562(None) 
cardigans1345161cardigans
cardia9916382cardi_a_
cardiac1278822cardi_ac
cardiae10713712cardi_ae
cardias10715122cardi_as
cardinal1139572cardinal
larrigan944212larrigan
acaridan1165233acar_idan
artisan759463_artisan
barbican1445343barbican
bartisan1056163bartisan
bartizan1954413bartizan
caiman103615663ca__iman
candida114110253candida_
candidal12367743candidal
candidas12338653candidas
caragana1146283car_agana
caravan1239233car_avan
cardamon1345553cardamon
cardiacs1376923cardiacs
cardinals1248003cardinals
carding113922443cardi_ng
cardings123812643cardings
cardio9915673cardi__o
cardiogram1653853cardiogram
cardioid1247453cardioid
carditic1348713carditic
carditis11310233carditis
cardon94120853card__on
cardoon104813813card_oon
carina84325333car_ina_
carinae94318593car_inae
carinal94318243car_inal
carinas93622413car_inas
caritas93316963car_itas
carlin84421823carli__n
carman103920743car__man
carnival1345623carnival
carriage1137853carriage
carrion9312673carri_on
condign1147733condig_n
cordial10312953cordi_al
cordovan1444293cordovan
coreign1037343coreig_n
guardian1045113guardi_an
hardpan1336443hard_pan
harijan1735783har_ijan
harridan12145123harridan
larrigans1044013larrigans
madrigal121627253madrigal
martian93514683marti_an
marzipan2142693marzipan
origan7310693_or_igan
parian83223963par_i_an
partisan1058423partisan
partizan1955643partizan
ptarmigan1442053ptarmigan
radian74117273ra_di_an
wanigan1135213wa_nigan
wannigan1242693wannigan
warrigal1244313warrigal
yardman1335913yard_man

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162636.96620982.2
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691637.42224075.9
 
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