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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 “circus” 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.

39 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
circus10431059(None) 
cercus105013151cercus
circusy14374591circusy
cirrus8349171cirrus
airbus848342airbus
arcus76918862_arcus
carpus105514302carpus
caucus1039612caucus
cercis104614492cercis
cereus85215522cereus
cerous85821202cerous
chirus114615692chir_us
circa9311402circ_a
circle1039702circle
circles1139902circles
circuit1148832circuit
circuits1246022circuits
circuses1238252circuses
cires74932912cir_es
cirque1735852cirque
cirques1836462cirques
cirrous93111062cirrous
ciscos104711132ciscos
cistus84611342cistus
citrous93112992citrous
citrus83610922citrus
coccus979282coccus
cornus84816562cornus
corpus106015292corpus
cricks144316052cricks
crocus104813172crocus
crus65828482c_r_us
cuscus1038112cuscus
discus94512112discus
ficus105015492fi_cus
incus73315052_incus
virtus94310142virtus
virus85316842vir_us
viscus11428502viscus

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 Filter178691825510.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit82551395.81314201.1
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691396.05929491.8
 
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