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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 “cars” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

46 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
cars6736476(None) 
ars37670931_ars
bars66564091bars
cabs86739421cabs
cads76144521cads
cams87047281cams
cans65050851cans
caps87147891caps
car59165561car_
carb85143161carb
carbs96031461carbs
card710245871card
cards85137931cards
care66968371care
cares77369181cares
cark105539271cark
carks115534211carks
carl65144781carl
carls77037421carls
carn66245431carn
carns75937561carns
carp85139811carp
carps96932251carps
carr65434701carr
carrs75730851carrs
carse74934331carse
cart66570341cart
carts78946291carts
cats66356341cats
caws96036111caws
cays95437671cays
chars105936641chars
cors66656441cors
curs65645541curs
czars164812911czars
ears46356591ears
gars55750741gars
jars117338351jars
lars46956571lars
mars66261871mars
oars46846031oars
pars67560791pars
scars75433531scars
tars46763951tars
vars75742071vars
wars78659801wars

Search took 3 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 Filter178691139830.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit13983461.20311623.4
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691461.359131487.1
 
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