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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 “caravels” 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.

29 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
caravels133743(None) 
caramels1238801caramels
caravel1238201caravel_
carvels124914591car_vels
cadavers1435882cadavers
caracals12310742caracals
caracols12310412caracols
caraculs1238032caraculs
carafes125015702carafe_s
caramel11310252caramel_
carates95630612carate_s
caravans1338612caravans
caravelle1444692caravelle
caravelles1544882caravelles
carcels114516062car_cels
carpels115315462car_pels
carrels95117302car_rels
cartels94618122car_tels
carvel114817572car_vel_
carvers124817532car_vers
carves115128452car_ve_s
cravens124010112c_ravens
cravers124416552c_ravers
craves115825392c_rave_s
gravels113611142_gravels
marvels123810092mar_vels
ravels94717072__ravels
travels104711292_travels
unravels1144632unravels

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 Limit121059294.06329795.5
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691294.45340128.2
 
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