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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 “labara” 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.

31 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
labara8371289(None) 
labra75415461lab_ra
abaca95118042_abaca
abaka114313822_abaka
abaya104413172_abaya
albata839332albata
cabala103516912cabala
cabana103913562cabana
kabaka11348502kabaka
kabala124011552kabala
kabar114815552kabar_
kabars124513952kabars
kabaya15387122kabaya
laari54415712la_ari
labarum1166012labarum
labia75219012lab_ia
labor75117312labor_
labors84016412labors
lahar83114262lahar_
lahars94013162lahars
lambada1245642lambada
laura54116202la_ura
lazar144113642lazar_
lazars153812392lazars
libra74712422lib_ra
lobar7313012lobar_
qabala17399192qabala
sabra75317852sab_ra
samara8313852samara
satara6315532satara
tabard9313332tabard

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.68630733.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.04858625.7
 
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