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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 “lariat” 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
lariat662904(None) 
lariats7615051lariats
arhat8327092_arhat
aria46245422_aria_
arias55438022_arias
carat75048792car_at
karat96837592kar_at
labia75219012labia_
labial84714342labial
labiate91313572labiate
lamia75324322lamia_
lamiae84817452lamiae
lamias85020612lamias
lari45839152lari__
lariated91212062lariated
larine63927042larine
laris54737462lari_s
larva8312482larva_
larvae938842larvae
larval948502larval
larvas9310232larvas
latria62313592latria_
latrias71913212latrias
lyrist9312292lyrist
maria75032882maria_
narial6317952narial
pariah114320582pariah
parian83223962parian
salariat8416302salariat
varia85824202varia_
variant10316802variant
varias95019902varias
variate101316432variate

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit82551335.44015174.8
3Display Results33330.0301100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691336.20328807.2
 
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