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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 “ascared” 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.

38 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
ascared1039952(None) 
ascarid103910721ascarid
scared95227291_scared
acarid95017072a_carid
acred87126352a_c_red
afeared1176832afeared
aneared8512742aneared
arcaded1178972arcaded
ascarids11438502ascarids
ascaris93613322ascaris
ashamed1336242ashamed
ashlared1253932ashlared
aspired1068172aspired
assayed1135592assayed
assured858372assured
cared86050092__cared
cascaded14135702cascaded
escaped12388852escaped
escarped1355162escarped
mascaraed1454092mascaraed
sacred94917102sac_red
scaled94822442_scaled
scaped115519552_scaped
scare75334462_scare_
scarer84524612_scarer
scares85033002_scares
scarey115016982_scarey
scarfed134711182_scarfed
scarped124314402_scarped
scarred104512632_scarred
scarted104816122_scarted
scored94621132_scored
seared75232842_seared
shared105829062_shared
snared74824552_snared
soared74324292_soared
spared95427492_spared
stared75429872_stared

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671382.90637051.3
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691383.27954495.6
 
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