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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 “cat” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
cat5828234(None) 
act59557841act
at212393401_at
bat510988951bat
cab78355401cab
cad67456361cad
cam78058981cam
can57760131can
cant66362021cant
cap76758981cap
car59165561car
cart66570341cart
cast67159901cast
cate66254591cate
cats66356341cats
caw86647931caw
cay87155981cay
chat95546131chat
coat67558341coat
cot510483221cot
cut57957661cut
eat36989051eat
fat68178081fat
gat46880511gat
hat67289961hat
kat77468291kat
lat37593401lat
mat58083931mat
oat39888261oat
pat58089461pat
qat125253331qat
rat37892741rat
sat36288481sat
scat65848371scat
tat37690291tat
vat67863451vat
wat67378921wat

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 Filter17869151460.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit5146370.20325349.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691370.329543133.7
 
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