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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 “carrier” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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101 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
carrier9361958(None) 
barrier94017731barrier
carried103717151carried
carriers103614201carriers
carries94328011carries
charrier1378681charrier
currier93316701currier
farrier103514891farrier
harrier104417751harrier
marrier93817521marrier
parrier93717651parrier
scarrier10298451scarrier
tarrier74323171tarrier
aerier64823152_aerier
airier64619362_airier
arriver10117792_arriver
artier63419732_artier
barkier133814482barkier
barmier114313042barmier
barnier93213672barnier
barriers104311882barriers
burrier93613552burrier
cagier93715932ca_gier
cahier113615772ca_hier
cakier123115242ca_kier
campier133313272campier
cannier94014162cannier
carder94524182ca_rder
career85822242ca_reer
carer74942332ca_r_er
caried94528692ca_ried
caries85147622ca_ries
carnie84421092carnie_
carnies94123962carnies
caroler93816752caroler
carper104923632ca_rper
carrel84718632carr_el
carrion9312672carrion
carrotier1146622carrotier
carter84932272ca_rter
carver114420152ca_rver
cashier123713322cashier
catbrier1236172catbrier
cattier93317072cattier
charier124317902charier
corkier133114302corkier
cornier93017092cornier
corrie83621222corrie_
corries94026792corries
courier93617892courier
crazier183610742crazier
crier74724462c__rier
curdier103312622curdier
curlier93314182curlier
currie84317262currie_
curried103313652curried
curriers103410752curriers
curriery13326162curriery
curries93723162curries
curvier123110662curvier
earlier72612742earlier
farriers113610742farriers
farriery14295402farriery
firrier103410132firrier
furrier103513662furrier
hairier103111052hairier
hardier114721542hardier
harried113815532harried
harriers113712432harriers
harries103525492harries
hurrier103412942hurrier
lardier83518342lardier
larkier113711522larkier
marlier92614772marlier
marrer83716672marr_er
married104715302married
marriers103312472marriers
marries93825282marries
merrier92612302merrier
parried103615722parried
parriers103612902parriers
parries93925842parries
partier93520712partier
quarrier1736842quarrier
sarkier113413312sarkier
scarier94017872sca_rier
sorrier72313732sorrier
sparrier10329142sparrier
starrier8279462starrier
tardier859719992tardier
tarried83914132tarried
tarriers83411712tarriers
tarries73324262tarries
tarsier74119252tarsier
tartier74123262tartier
terrier73414962terrier
varier94619352va_rier
warier93722892wa_rier
warrior1045362warrior
wartier103413912wartier
worrier102311682worrier

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit1076711013.48330913.3
3Display Results1011010.0462195.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911013.88945947.8
 
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