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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 “darksome” 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.

28 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
darksome154404(None) 
larksome1444591larksome
irksome1344372_irksome
acrosome1248223acrosome
arkose104911343_ark_ose
awesome1245573_awesome
boresome1248403boresome
dapsone1038463da_psone
dariole8711163dar_iole
darkie113714013dark__ie
darkle113813943dark__le
darkroom1543423darkroom
darkrooms1642913darkrooms
darks106727873darks___
dolesome1147103dolesome
fearsome1345103fear_some
gamesome1345223gamesome
handsome1447603handsome
heartsome1444003heartsome
karyosome1852883karyosome
marksmen1644533marks_men
markswomen2151903markswomen
sarcosome1344393sarcosome
tiresome1046993tiresome
trisome9310223_trisome
wagsome1345213wa_gsome
wailsome1344493wailsome
wearisome1453263wearisome

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.826216332.9
2DLD Change Limit146162287.01620832.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.85822740.0
 
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