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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 “ear” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

36 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
ear3686788(None) 
ar211379381_ar
bar58070551bar
bear66844641bear
car59165561car
dear55343601dear
earl45838141earl
earn46737551earn
ears46356591ears
eat36989051eat
eau37450941eau
er28345141e_r
era35741501era
err35626531err
far67762601far
fear75337791fear
gar47259901gar
gear55934971gear
hear76143881hear
jar107646151jar
lar37967531lar
lear47045951lear
mar57965941mar
near45236501near
oar37057951oar
par57467021par
pear69745231pear
rear45644551rear
sear47353841sear
tar37570691tar
tear45242881tear
var66148331var
war67262421war
wear75836721wear
yar67253831yar
year76534251year

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit5146360.12640841.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691360.232770219.8
 
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