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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 “carafe” 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.

43 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
carafe11541616(None) 
carafes125015701carafes
carate84734001carate
agrafe1038092agrafe
arame75026622_arame
cafe95230322c__afe
canape10913512canape
carack142113172carack
caramel11310252caramel
carat75048792cara_t
carates95630612carates
carats85929022carats
caravel1238212caravel
carcase11312742carcase
care66968372car__e
carfare12310072carfare
caribe103416752caribe
carle74535702car_le
carnage10311742carnage
carnie84421092carnie
carpale113414352carpale
carse74934332car_se
cartage10312592cartage
carte75940422car_te
carve106227752car_ve
cerate84829462cerate
chafe135117352c_hafe
charade13129912charade
craft105327662c_raft
crake114823522c_rake
crane75331602c_rane
crape96128442c_rape
crate76537402c_rate
crave105626312c_rave
craze165221462c_raze
curare84916952curare
curate85226242curate
garage8314512garage
karate105320922karate
parade94720642parade
parae76335702para_e
sarape84817572sarape
strafe95215982strafe

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551432.64031269.3
3Display Results43430.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691433.01659247.7
 
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