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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 “bacca” 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.

36 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
bacca11101218(None) 
baccae12119701baccae
barca91319431barca
abaca95118042abaca
acta69524802_acta
baa510650422ba__a
baba88828352ba_ba
babka137812912babka
baccara1347142baccara
baccate131011262baccate
bach116131392ba_ch
back125535762ba_ck
backs135729622backs
bacon95620592bacon
bacula103112672bacula
baiza164813222baiza
balsa77920412balsa
banco94019392banco
banda85223102banda
barcas101016602barcas
batch124620102batch
bocce114313112bocce
bocci113512712bocci
boccia12338792boccia
buccal1248242buccal
caca85528082ca_ca
caeca93915132caeca
dacha114812572dacha
facia103218462facia
mecca1139932mecca
paca85132242pa_ca
pacha126518062pacha
sacra74516992sacra
vacua10510462vacua
wicca1247252wicca
yucca12467442yucca

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800361.59333772.8
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691361.90693751.8
 
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