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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 “cannot” 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.

34 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
cannot8361677(None) 
cannon84514441cannon
annoy869712_annoy
bannet84925332bannet
cahoot11416472cahoot
candor94516422candor
canna75919332cann_a
cannas84518402cannas
canned95022062canned
cannel84216402cannel
canner84625982canner
cannie83819362cannie
cannoli937262cannoli
cannons94412882cannons
canny105817692cann_y
canoe75627252ca_noe
canon74725302ca_non
canons85522062canons
canso75019402canso_
cansos84915382cansos
canst74932212ca_nst
cant66362032ca_n_t
canto74931012canto_
canton85722992canton
cantor85621522cantor
cantos84826972cantos
canyon114512032canyon
carnet84732872carnet
carrot8423122carrot
connote9311612connote
crannog1044242crannog
gannet74321852gannet
sannop837372sannop
tannoy958352tannoy

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551342.32635490.5
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.43673354.3
 
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