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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 “cardoon” 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.

27 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
cardoon10481381(None) 
cardon94120851card_on
cardoons113411941cardoons
cartoon94114461cartoon
lardoon83410371lardoon
bradoon1037352bradoon
caldron1038152caldron
carbon104919042car_bon
cardamon1345552cardamon
cardio9915672cardio_
cardons104519942cardons
carpool1139222carpool
carrion9312672carrion
carryon1237032carryon
carton84522662car_ton
cartoons104012802cartoons
cartoony13377402cartoony
cordon95017292cord_on
croon75522782c_r_oon
gadroon938172gadroon
harpoon1238312harpoon
jargoon1545192jargoon
lardon74415062lard_on
lardoons9398482lardoons
maroon83118202mar_oon
pardon94618732pard_on
tardyon1134672tardyon

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 Filter1786911076710.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit107671273.29632667.2
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.78247247.8
 
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