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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 “carex” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

198 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
carex14482230(None) 
care66968371care_
cared86050091cared
carer74942331carer
cares77369181cares
caret75360561caret
acre67330772acre_
acred87126352acred
acres76327762acres
apex137220212_apex
are37874572_are_
area45843392_area
ares45871022_ares
bare65460522bare_
bared85144482bared
barer74535802barer
bares75457132bares
caber95126832caber
cade76443912cade_
cades85440732cades
cadet85339342cadet
cadre85419022cadre_
cadres94017932cadres
cafe95230322cafe_
cafes106426922cafes
cage75339062cage_
caged95426362caged
cager85229222cager
cages85936012cages
cagey115917822cagey
cake105439962cake_
caked126128622caked
cakes116037672cakes
cakey145517272cakey
calix145317352calix
calx135722792ca_lx
calyx17518192calyx
came87648752came_
camel96822802camel
cameo95924992cameo
cames97047312cames
cane66653122cane_
caned85838092caned
caner75334772caner
canes75350372canes
cape87242782cape_
caped104931802caped
caper94831622caper
capes95441922capes
car59165562car__
carat75048792carat
carb85143162car_b
carbo94923842carbo
carbs96031462carbs
carcel105018672carcel
card710245872car_d
carded105424902carded
carder94524182carder
cards85137932cards
careen84119492careen
career85822242career
carers85133962carers
caress85720262caress
carets85330772carets
cargo85322072cargo
caried94528692caried
caries85147622caries
cark105539272car_k
carked134024822carked
carks115534212carks
carl65144782car_l
carle74535702carle
carles85435082carles
carls77037422carls
carmen104019342carmen
carn66245432car_n
carnet84732872carnet
carney115315702carney
carns75937562carns
carny105822922carny
carob95325222carob
carol75128612carol
carom95025562carom
carp85139812car_p
carped115923762carped
carpel105418472carpel
carper104923632carper
carpet104530092carpet
carpi94319392carpi
carps96932252carps
carr65434702car_r
carrel84718632carrel
carrs75730852carrs
carry105823782carry
cars67364762car_s
carse74934332carse
carses85233652carses
cart66570342car_t
carte75940422carte
carted98631442carted
cartel85022532cartel
carter84932272carter
cartes86239472cartes
carts78946292carts
carve106227752carve
carved124320852carved
carvel114817572carvel
carven114716662carven
carver114420142carver
carves115128452carves
case65848082case_
cased86032412cased
cases75048382cases
cate66254602cate_
cater74840722cater
cates75951892cates
caudex1636402caudex
cave95941262cave_
caved116227562caved
caver105629062caver
caves105639702caves
cawed116627062cawed
cere66741472cere_
cered85227442cered
ceres75540012ceres
chare105231982chare_
chared125423692chared
chares115631802chares
cimex16119132cimex
cire65836372cire_
cires74932912cires
claret84026572claret
codex155817582codex
core67263112core_
cored85044222cored
corer75538872corer
cores76361852cores
cortex15311472cortex
cred76530882c_red
crew96122672c_rew
crux135415002c_rux
culex144613932culex
cure66149122cure_
cured85932132cured
curer75030752curer
cures75645432cures
curet75447642curet
dare55848862dare_
dared75935012dared
darer65230792darer
dares66146702dares
eared65139502eared
fare76354462fare_
fared95842342fared
farer86733142farer
fares85852872fares
hare76255732hare_
hared95742182hared
harem104924452harem
hares86255542hares
laree56036292laree
lares54852632lares
latex124717112latex
lurex124816732lurex
mare64759332mare_
mares76457632mares
mirex146816622mirex
murex145517172murex
nares55544152nares
oared65030652oared
pare66760842pare_
pared86946762pared
pareo74632602pareo
parer75839902parer
pares77164482pares
pareu74928742pareu
prex135722972_prex
pyrex175211212pyrex
rare45348432rare_
rared65738322rared
rarer54731702rarer
rares55247442rares
rex105740992__rex
saree55044662saree
scare75334462scare_
scared95227292scared
scarer84524602scarer
scares85033002scares
scarey115016982scarey
tare45957622tare_
tared69340052tared
tares57456562tares
varix154313512varix
ware76254722ware_
wared96339872wared
wares88250582wares
yare75636942yare_
yarer84321572yarer

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001981.59633709.3
3Display Results1981980.0464304.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911981.735102991.9
 
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