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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 “cankered” 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.

32 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
cankered15301022(None) 
cancered132411551cancered
cantered113415981cantered
hankered16289441hankered
angered93013472_angered
bannered11299322bannered
bantered113313632bantered
bunkered15177182bunkered
cambered15129002cambered
canceled13279402canceled
canker124422522canker__
cankers134418752canker_s
capered123014042ca_pered
careered1139492careered
casketed1534952casketed
catered103117772ca_tered
centered112513522centered
cindered1239792cindered
clinkered1634772clinkered
cockered17710212cockered
dackered16116892dackered
daikered1495222daikered
dandered112110962dandered
dangered11248512dangered
gandered112211172gandered
hankerer15248232hankerer
hunkered16186922hunkered
lackered15108672lackered
mannered11249652mannered
pandered121812572pandered
tinkered1387682tinkered
wandered132110792wandered

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059323.59633664.9
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691323.99944683.9
 
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