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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 “carpentry” 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.

28 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
carpentry164340(None) 
carpenter1346502carpenter
carpenters1445842carpenters
agentry11165753_a_gentry
ardently1247453_ardently
arpent84822093_arpent__
arpents93613083_arpent_s
barretry13115183barre_try
cabinetry1642933cabinetry
careener1039333careener_
careeners1138543careeners
carpellary1752913carpellary
carpentered1652493carpentered
carpentries1544793carpentries
carper104923633carpe__r_
carpers114521253carpe__rs
carpet104530093carpe_t__
carpeted1338953carpe_ted
carpets113915333carpe_t_s
carpingly1736683carpingly
catenary1346583ca_tenary
corsetry1365573corse_try
currently1445093currently
parcenary1643903parcenary
reentry1038033__reentry
tapestry1343833ta_pestry
varletry1443453varle_try
wardenry1542973warden_ry

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 Filter1786911486410.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148641286.54622707.1
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.03225411.1
 
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