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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 “samara” 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.

34 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
samara831385(None) 
samaras9312911samaras
samsara936911samsara
satara6315531satara
amarna839792_amarna
camera10313692camera
damar84117732damar_
damars93814992damars
hamada1239922hamada
kamala12339962kamala
labara83712892labara
mara67444572__mara
ramada9310182ramada
sabra75317852sa_bra
sacra74516992sa_cra
safari91110222safari
salary9515212salary
samba95618772sam_ba
sambar103914162sambar_
sambars115113842sambars
samosa8510202samosa
samsaras1045872samsaras
samurai945922samurai
sataras7315062sataras
seamark1336722seamark
simar74920812simar_
simars84916932simars
smarm95517602s_marm
smart75834092s_mart
somata8312382somata
tamarao977592tamarao
tamarau9107062tamarau
tamari8313402tamari
zamarra1843782zamarra

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.23336968.7
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.57669367.6
 
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