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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 “escar” 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.

45 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
escar7401199(None) 
escarp10449001escarp
escars83913131escars
eschar1136531eschar
eskar9457451eskar
scar66434201_scar
car59165562__car
ear36867882e__ar
eggar7458882eggar
embar94011602embar
escape103811662escape
escaper11368842escaper
escarps11397372escarps
eschars1237182eschars
escolar946052escolar
escort84616482escort
escot75320082escot
eskars10357592eskars
esker94412982esker
essay867622essay
ester54727712ester
lascar868572lascar
mescal104113492mescal
osar46820952os_ar
scab85926712_scab
scad75725772_scad
scag76626892_scag
scam85932352_scam
scan65530452_scan
scare75334462_scare
scarf105427142_scarf
scarp95724102_scarp
scars75433532_scars
scart76139772_scart
scary105222592_scary
scat65848372_scat
scaur75814902_scaur
sear47353842_sear
secpar1037922secpar
sewar85421102sewar
soar46838672_soar
spar65433302_spar
star48037762_star
tsar47819802ts_ar
vicar10513862vicar

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800451.67032215.6
3Display Results45450.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691451.98390111.4
 
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