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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 “garlic” 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.

21 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
garlic931004(None) 
gallic9411641gallic
garlics1038011garlics
agaric93513642agar_ic
areic73219392_areic
aulic74420242_aulic
bardic11312922bardic
baric96125692bar_ic
carlin84421822carlin
daric85623122dar_ic
gallica1047462gallica
gamic103916202ga_mic
garlicky1842122garlicky
garni6315702garni_
gaslit7513502gaslit
girlie73711462girlie
karmic1438112karmic
malic94525662ma_lic
marlin84220902marlin
naric76824172nar_ic
salic73424712sa_lic

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551212.35635038.6
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691212.71665792.0
 
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