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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 “fared” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
fared9584234(None) 
bared85144481bared
cared86050091cared
dared75935011dared
eared65139501eared
faced117727651faced
faded105025241faded
faired105915771faired
faked135225481faked
famed115928341famed
farad95720671farad
farced125216531farced
fard85639061far_d
farded114518951farded
fare76354461fare_
farer86733141farer
fares85852871fares
farmed125117651farmed
farted105121781farted
fated95632131fated
faxed166220531faxed
fayed126422151fayed
fazed186222961fazed
feared106320431feared
fired94829741fired
flared105317601flared
hared95742181hared
oared65030651oared
pared86946761pared
rared65738321rared
tared69340051tared
wared96339871wared

Search took 2 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 Filter178691287560.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit28756321.26322768.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691321.342133152.8
 
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