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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 “chao” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

164 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
chao9572731(None) 
chad105525501chad
chai95929901chai
cham115532311cham
chaos105622861chaos
chap114928491chap
char95132151char
chat95546131chat
chaw126224631chaw
chay124924871chay
chiao105618361chiao
ciao64924181ciao
hao67251121_hao
achoo10315082achoo
aha611246642aha_
cab78355402c_ab
cacao95420002cacao
cad67456362c_ad
cahow135110942cahow
calo64936442calo
cam78058982c_am
camo85731752camo
can57760142c_an
cap76758982c_ap
capo85829212capo
car59165562c_ar
cat58282342c_at
caw86647932c_aw
cay87155982c_ay
cero66329452cero
chador1238672chador
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chaff165016282chaff
chain105723672chain
chair105519632chair
chais107530312chais
chalk144814602chalk
chalot113020132chalot
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
charro114212952charro
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chase105127122chase
chasm125518792chasm
chats105730092chats
chaws135022462chaws
chays135319742chays
cheap126915942cheap
cheapo134810082cheapo
cheat105732452cheat
chef125125622chef
chemo12313632chemo
chew126622132chew
chez184519022chez
chi86228652ch_i
chia96026622chia
chias104625522chias
chic115925202chic
chico124218252chico
chid106626402chid
chin96934742chin
chino105823312chino
chip116726422chip
chiro105320342chiro
chis95933312chis
chit96937462chit
cholo105217972cholo
chon96627792chon
chook146015042chook
chop116024922chop
chow125820992chow
chub115516412chub
chug105914112chug
chum116318002chum
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
claro75018692claro
claw95624342claw
clay95927412clay
coal66939252coal
coat67558352coat
coax136922982coax
coco87330602coco
coho97524492coho
coo59566362c_oo
crab85727672crab
crag75625302crag
cram85635492cram
crap85731842crap
craw97725262craw
cyan96419622cyan
cyano105512492cyano
czar156013132czar
dhak125512032dhak
dhal86719282dhal
echo96615952ech_o
ghat86435282ghat
ha510259942_ha_
had77658762_had
hae67364002_hae
hag77255742_hag
hah910655222_hah
haj138140602_haj
halo76437322_halo
ham86363282_ham
hap87360052_hap
has67372652_has
hat67289962_hat
haw97153272_haw
hay97358772_hay
ho510258272_h_o
jiao115017842jiao
khaf145319602khaf
khan115819142khan
khat116730722khat
mho86624622mh_o
oho66534382oh_o
phat95837862phat
prao66229022prao
rho65924832rh_o
schav1338312schav
schmo124510202schmo
sha69837782sha_
shad86230912shad
shag86430562shag
shah105627782shah
shako125516092shako
sham96436362sham
shat76456602shat
shaw108132552shaw
shay107133342shay
shmo95318102shmo
shoo75929892shoo
tao38358952_tao
thae76825562thae
than76128772than
that75639322that
thaw107521312thaw
thio77225412thio
tho67433962th_o
thro77726422thro
wha96422072wha_
wham125321692wham
whamo135511262whamo
whap125119642whap
what105434072what
who95526772wh_o
whoa106615202whoa

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 Filter178691298720.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit298721642.61011445.2
3Display Results1641640.0305466.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911642.78064277.3
 
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