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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 “cats” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

37 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
cats6635634(None) 
acts66929861acts
bats66962331bats
cabs86739421cabs
cads76144521cads
cams87047281cams
cans65050841cans
cants77036941cants
caps87147891caps
cars67364761cars
carts78946291carts
cast67159901cast
casts77237791casts
cat58282341cat_
cate66254591cate
cates75951871cates
caws96036101caws
cays95437671cays
chats105730091chats
coats75634991coats
cots68054841cots
cuts65841151cuts
eats47054871eats
fats76252501fats
gats56753441gats
hats76858251hats
kats85944331kats
lats45962701lats
mats65460281mats
oats46554211oats
pats66460851pats
qats135331341qats
rats46260371rats
scats75930601scats
tats46858131tats
vats76841741vats
wats77555881wats

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983370.26353167.3
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691370.342522488.3
 
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