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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 “squark” 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.

35 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
squark1943811(None) 
quark184614121_quark
square154513361square
squarks20417181squarks
squawk22385371squawk
quack203812502_quack
quare143920542_quare
quarks193810912_quarks
quart144027852_quart
quirk184011002_quirk
sark84938972s__ark
shark126225022s_hark
snark95419942s_nark
souari6311382souari
spark114920892s_park
squab163810732squa_b
squabs17429322squabs
squad155110792squa_d
squads164410292squads
squall1538002squall
squama1736532squama
squared173610562squared
squarer163410662squarer
squares163714462squares
squash1846832squash
squat143720142squa_t
squats153712962squats
squaw17368982squa_w
squawks23294882squawks
squaws18438782squaws
squeak1935252squeak
squire155912462squire
squirm17387672squirm
squirt153812932squirt
stark95425622s_tark

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 Limit82551352.58031996.5
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691352.92361132.7
 
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