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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 “car” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
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
car5916556(None) 
ar211379381_ar
bar58070551bar
cab78355401cab
cad67456361cad
cam78058981cam
can57760131can
cap76758981cap
carb85143161carb
card710245871card
care66968371care
cark105539271cark
carl65144781carl
carn66245431carn
carp85139811carp
carr65434701carr
cars67364761cars
cart66570341cart
cat58282341cat
caw86647931caw
cay87155981cay
char95132151char
cor59960941cor
cur56841981cur
czar156013131czar
ear36867881ear
far67762601far
gar47259901gar
jar107646151jar
lar37967531lar
mar57965941mar
oar37057951oar
par57467021par
scar66434201scar
tar37570691tar
var66148331var
war67262421war
yar67253831yar

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146380.11046781.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691380.1691057343.2
 
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