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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 “cartels” 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.

88 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
cartels9461812(None) 
artels66216231_artels
carcels114516061carcels
carpels115315461carpels
carrels95117301carrels
cartel85022531cartel_
carters95327251carters
cartes86239471carte_s
carvels124914591carvels
ariels65119372_ariels
artel56122742_artel_
barbels114514432barbels
barrels94514362barrels
barters94223032barters
camels105217082ca_mels
cancels114113312cancels
cannels93413362cannels
cantals93919572cantals
canters94827732canters
cantles94721412cantles
caramels1238802caramels
carates95630612carate_s
caravels1337442caravels
carcel105018672carcel_
carders104820352carders
careens94514702careens
careers95218782careers
carers85133962car_ers
cares77369182car_e_s
caress85720262car_ess
carets85330772car_ets
carfuls1249132carfuls
caries85147622carie_s
carles85435082carle_s
carless95118492carless
carls77037422car__ls
carnets93918402carnets
carneys124310542carneys
carols85124982car_ols
carpals113414632carpals
carpel105418472carpel_
carpers114521252carpers
carpets113915332carpets
carrel84718632carrel_
carrell94610472carrell
carrells10359272carrells
carses85233652carse_s
carte75940422carte__
carted98631442carte_d
cartelise1148112cartelise
carter84932272carte_r
cartons94122472cartons
carts78946292cart__s
carvel114817572carvel_
carvers124817542carvers
carves115128452carve_s
casters94729902casters
castes85631862caste_s
castles94917732castles
caters85336502ca_ters
cates75951892ca_te_s
certes84623082certe_s
charnels13328172charnels
charters134115582charters
chattels13286792chattels
corbels113813592corbels
cormels113813372cormels
cornels94716662cornels
craters95021892craters
crates85736062crate_s
creels84416942c_reels
curtals93111622curtals
darnels83710432darnels
darters84017602darters
dartles84014132dartles
ecartes94212562ecarte_s
fardels11389892fardels
farfels13348212farfels
garters84218232garters
hartals10313022hartals
mantels94515042mantels
marcels113212372marcels
martens93714952martens
marvels123810092marvels
parcels113712662parcels
parrels94713492parrels
pastels95215182pastels
ratels64518212ra_tels

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671883.03035535.0
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691883.43652005.5
 
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