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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 “calcar” 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.

37 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
calcar1031275(None) 
calcars11312651calcars
alar46340072_al_ar
altar55520642_altar
caca85528082ca_ca_
cacao95420002ca_cao
cacas95627982ca_cas
caeca93915132caeca_
caecal103713732caecal
caesar8410932caesar
calamar1149292calamar
calcaria1249542calcaria
calces104420052calces
calcic9311872calcic
calcspar1442582calcspar
calker124917082calker
calla74827072calla_
callan83619602callan
callas84526752callas
caller85125482caller
calmer105216932calmer
calpac123211062calpac
calvary1537182calvary
cancan10314102cancan
cancer104220922cancer
cascara1138312cascara
caviar11310162caviar
cellar84514982cellar
clear76219052c_lear
collar83816172collar
lascar868572lascar
malar76424442mal_ar
palmar104113462palmar
railcar945482railcar
scalar83612432scal_ar
talar56225382tal_ar
valvar12388652valvar

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.71630394.3
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691373.05958414.8
 
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