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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 “decares” 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.

66 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
decares10281853(None) 
decades113615511decades
decanes103118911decanes
decare93919151decare_
deciares11510631deciares
declares11611311declares
dekares122710871dekares
bewares12313372bewares
cares77369182__cares
dares66146702d__ares
daycares1454802daycares
dearer74822802de_arer
dearest83618672de_arest
dearies83526272de_aries
dears65736882de_ar_s
deaves105319532de_aves
debarks14388492debarks
debars94218042debar_s
debases103814132debases
debates103718532debates
decade104216162decade_
decafs124010882deca_fs
decals93717712deca_ls
decamps1435642decamps
decane93818872decane_
decants103514442decants
decayed14309332decayed
decayer13339352decayer
decayers14307962decayers
decays124612912deca_ys
deceases11410152deceases
decerns10119052decerns
deciare10710662deciare_
decides114217652decides
deciles104417722deciles
deckers144413832deckers
deckles143312802deckles
declare10411222declare_
declared1248742declared
declarer1148062declarer
declarers1236422declarers
decodes113914982decodes
decors94017772decor_s
decree93117782dec_ree
decrees102513122decrees
decries103319802decries
decuries11312222decuries
decurves1435862decurves
defaces133213402defaces
defames132812252defames
degames113312622degames
degases93413102degases
dekare112811562dekare_
delates83526282delates
demarks14339232demarks
denars74621432denar_s
departs104310682departs
derates84028892derates
desires81316132desires
dewars105117072dewar_s
dewaxes18297842dewaxes
ecartes94212562_ecartes
hectares1338852hectares
recanes93222262recanes
scares85033002_scares
secures9613162secures

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671662.89337217.8
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.29654214.5
 
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