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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 “characin” 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.

56 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
characin154799(None) 
characid1646861characid
characins1647591characins
carabin11313212c_arabin
characids1745262characids
canakin131810833c_anakin
carabid12311333c_arabid
carabine12412393c_arabine
carabins12312363c_arabins
caracal11312513c_aracal
carack142113173c_arac_k
caracks152211563c_aracks
caracol11310423c_aracol
caracul1138823c_aracul
caravan1239233c_aravan
carlin84421823c_ar_lin
carotin92216733c_arotin
ceratin93020163c_eratin
chadarim1644603chadarim
chagrin1337893cha_grin
chain105723673ch__a_in
chalazia2245133chalazia
chalazion23113723chalazion
chalcid1537883cha_lcid
chamfrain1943363chamfra_in
chancing162810283cha_ncing
chapati14118023chapati_
chapatis15127943chapatis
chaplain1546193chaplain
charabanc1842923charabanc
character1645883character
charade13129913chara_de
charades141310853charades
charas114223613chara__s
charases131312763charases
charging152910773char_ging
charing133721323char__ing
charking183512613char_king
charlatan1443543charlatan
charlie123011923char_lie
charming163012033char_ming
charpai1436633charpai_
charpais1536933charpais
charqui2144003charqui_
charquid2342923charquid
charquis2243933charquis
charring142913163char_ring
charting142614193char_ting
chawbacon2151433chawbacon
chazan20269133chaza__n
chazanim24123513chazanim
choragi1346683choragi_
choragic1646063choragic
harmin113117393_har_min
harpin113614383_har_pin
thoracic1546393thoracic

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit146162567.53019410.6
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691568.18621828.9
 
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