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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 “cactus” 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
cactus10491223(None) 
cantus85117761cantus
acts66929862_act_s
cacaos104616182cacaos
cacas95627982cac_as
caches137926912caches
cachous14312582cachous
cacti9318642cact_i
cactuses1237932cactuses
caestus947772caestus
callus85317072callus
campus125213922campus
canthus1248712canthus
cantos84826972cantos
cants77036942cant_s
carpus105514302carpus
cartes86239472cartes
carts78946292cart_s
castes85631862castes
casts77237792cast_s
casus76419252ca_sus
cates75951892ca_tes
cats66356342ca_t_s
caucus1039612caucus
cestus84412912cestus
cistus84611342cistus
coacts105314332coact_s
coccus979282coccus
coitus8511892coitus
cultus85110732cultus
facts107021892fact_s
fractus12146592fractus
ictus7249702_ictus
pacts95125802pact_s
rectus83314632rectus
rictus8379192rictus
tacts76524122tact_s
vatus86114642va_tus

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551382.53332590.2
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691382.91961216.5
 
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