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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 “cancel” 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.

70 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
cancel10531668(None) 
cancels114113311cancels
cancer104220921cancer
cannel84216401cannel
carcel105018671carcel
chancel144011771chancel
angel65019562_angel
caecal103713732caecal
calces104420052calces
camel96822802ca_mel
canal75428042can_al
cancan10314102cancan
canceled13279402canceled
canceler12238912canceler
cancers114018582cancers
cancha134411612cancha
candela1089742candela
candle94321482candle
cane66653122can_e_
caned85838092can_ed
caner75334772can_er
canes75350372can_es
canful11610262canful
canker124422522canker
canned95022062canned
cannels93413362cannels
canner84625982canner
canoe75627252canoe_
canoed94618962canoed
canoer85121072canoer
canoes84725882canoes
cantal84122032cantal
canted94825782canted
canter85230112canter
cantle84522152cantle
carcels114516062carcels
carpel105418472carpel
carrel84718632carrel
cartel85022532cartel
carvel114817572carvel
chance134617092chance_
chanced154113212chanced
chancels15439082chancels
chancer144215632chancer
chances145218092chances
channel123910482channel
conceal113313012conceal
dance85223132dance_
danced105315252danced
dancer94817612dancer
dances95120652dances
hance105424152hance_
hances115621282hances
hansel95214372hansel
lance75126722lance_
lanced93717722lanced
lancer84319972lancer
lances84824102lances
lancet84223572lancet
mangel94017532mangel
mantel84317972mantel
marcel103714852marcel
nance74721842nance_
nances83618642nances
panel76023622pan_el
parcel103915472parcel
pencel103812912pencel
rance75028512rance_
rances84625442rances
spancel1147362spancel

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 Limit82551702.56332208.7
3Display Results70700.0164375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691702.92261153.7
 
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