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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 “chickarees” 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
chickarees216322(None) 
chickadees2272301chickadees
chickaree2074701chickaree_
chickadee2163742chickadee_
chickees19258512chick__ees
chickories2144362chickories
chivarees1744382chi_varees
shikarees1643072shi_karees
chicaners1685363chic_aners
chicanes1559373chic_a_nes
chiccories1643833chiccories
chickee183111553chick__ee_
chickens19267433chick__ens
chickpeas2242953chick_peas
chickweed2443163chick_weed
chickweeds2542123chickweeds
chicories1688763chic_ories
chivaree1646363chi_varee_
chivareed1843123chi_vareed
chivaries1757433chi_varies
cicorees1246413c_ic_orees
hickories1845313_hickories
shikaree1544833shi_karee_
shivarees1543953shi_varees

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603246.36022107.4
3Display Results24240.0131846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691246.77926359.5
 
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