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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 “farcie” 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.

33 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
farcie11481647(None) 
farce104925321farc_e
farci105919311farci_
farcies125317881farcies
barbie105018352barbie
barmie103816392barmie
carnie84421092carnie
darkie113714012darkie
face96140122fa_c_e
facia103218462fa_cia
faciae112913412fa_ciae
facies113921592fa_cies
facile112514882fa_cile
faerie93514682faerie
falsie93513852falsie
fancied133310602fancied
fancier123412062fancier
fancies124018782fancies
farced125216532farced
farcer115016082farcer
farces115223322farces
farcing133514002farcing
farcy135217092farc_y
fare76354462far__e
farle86929242far_le
farrier103514892farrier
farside1138602farside
fascia1148702fascia
fasciae1247522fasciae
fascine12510582fascine
ferlie92814052ferlie
force105324272forc_e
pardie96021442pardie

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551333.12626407.9
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.46551570.3
 
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