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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 “carbuncles” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

24 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
carbuncles164345(None) 
carbuncle1543081carbuncle_
carbuncled1742241carbuncled
caruncles1345001car_uncles
arbuscles1342812_arbuscles
caruncle1244712car_uncle_
arbuscle1242883_arbuscle_
barbules1238043barbu__les
carbazoles2343593carbazoles
carbines123617533carbin__es
carbinols1346113carbinol_s
carbonades1546113carbonades
carbonates1449133carbonates
carbonizes23148613carbonizes
carbonless1444083carbon_less
carbonyls1675033carbonyl_s
carbuncular1751863carbuncular
carburises1445853carburises
carburizes2345183carburizes
corpuscles1642623corpuscles
craunches1655723c_raunches
crunches153711353c_r_unches
furuncles1442493fur_uncles
parbuckles2051913parbuckles

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911406030.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit140603246.92320309.5
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691247.43624030.5
 
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