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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 “arcade” 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
arcade9101364(None) 
alcade91111511alcade
arcaded1178971arcaded
arcades101113191arcades
arcane81216741arcane
abrade9313052abrade
accede1138302accede
alcades101011472alcades
alcaide1088452alcaide
alcalde10104952alcalde
alcayde13103722alcayde
arame75026622ar_ame
arcadia1039702arcadia
arcana8912582arcana
arced88224162arced_
arched125717322arched
arcked136211942arcked
arcuate9311962arcuate
areae55229742area_e
armada938782armada
aubade939222aubade
brocade1238532brocade
cade76443912__cade
carcase11312732carcase
cascade12118602cascade
decade104216162decade
facade1238802facade
grade75126092gr_ade
irade65618152ir_ade
parade94720642par_ade
parkade1437582parkade
saccade12107032saccade
trade65026042tr_ade

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 Limit82551332.54632423.8
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691332.88961852.2
 
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