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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 “carnage” 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.

30 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
carnage1031174(None) 
carnages11312211carnages
cartage10312591cartage
acreage1037842acreage
baronage1147072baronage
barrage10710842barrage
cabbage1446982cabbage
canape10913512ca_nape
carafe115416162car_afe
carate84734002car_ate
carcase11312742carcase
carfare12310072carfare
carinae94318592carina_e
carinate103320252carinate
carnal83919212carna_l
carnie84421092carn_ie
carpale113414352carpale
carriage1137852carriage
cartages11313312cartages
coinage10310552coinage
cordage11310062cordage
corkage1438372corkage
corsage1039802corsage
garage8314512gar_age
garbage1138052garbage
manage93818902ma_nage
pawnage1335872pawnage
tannage8209582tannage
warpage1336402warpage
yardage1235732yardage

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671302.95336461.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.34253468.3
 
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