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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 “carefree” 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.

39 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
carefree134634(None) 
careered1139492careered
careerer1038582careerer
camerae11312063came_rae
camporee1449343camporee
capered123014043cape_red
caperer113013403cape_rer
carafe115416163caraf__e
carafes125015703caraf_es
carburet12411113carburet
careen84119493care__en
careened1139193careened
careener1039323careener
career85822243care__er
careerers1137243careerers
careers95218783career_s
careful1249113caref_ul
carer74942333care_r__
carers85133963care_r_s
caressed1139163caressed
caresser1038803caresser
caresses10314063caresses
caretake1446773caretake
carfare12310073car_fare
carfares13310323carfares
carrel84718633car__rel
casefied1445943casefied
casefies1339213casefies
caserne93710063case_rne
catered103117773cate_red
caterer92815943cate_rer
conferee13613733conferee
germfree1442683germfree
heartfree1543273heartfree
overfree1439003overfree
rarefied1245913rarefied
rarefier1135353rarefier
rarefies1138993rarefies
referee101615753__referee

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162398.18617855.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691398.63820686.6
 
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