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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 “children” 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.

49 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
children147470(None) 
chaldron1445772chaldron
chidden14255222chi_dden
childbed1742882childbed
childe124711212child_e_
childes134211272child_es
chirren12388742chi_rren
caldron1038153c_aldron
cauldron1143243cauldron
chaldrons1545493chaldrons
chicken18278983chi_cken
chide115321013chi_d_e_
chided135113963chi_d_ed
chider125116053chi_d_er
chiders135312943chi_ders
chides124620473chi_d_es
child114516223child___
childbeds1841723childbeds
childcare1742763childcare_
childcares1852453childcares
childing15288503childing
childish1744393childish
childless1543813childless
childlier1543093childlier
childly1644803child_ly
chile105626893chil__e_
chiles115425303chil__es
chilies124218303chil_ies
chilled133310933chil_led
chiller124112183chil_ler
chillers133710923chillers
chillier13328423chillier
chillies134113483chillies
chimere144010633chimere_
chimeres153511313chimeres
chirre114111853chi_rre_
chirred133612123chi_rred
chirres123812253chi_rres
chivaree1646363chivaree
chlorin123113003ch_lorin
cithren12306593c_ithren
godchildren196683godchildren
hidden11429743_hi_dden
holden104113953_hold_en
milden94113153_mild_en
philtre12105213philtre_
philtred14114183philtred
philtres1396513philtres
schlieren1442163schlieren

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162496.29623215.1
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691496.73526531.7
 
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