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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 “circa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

36 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
circa931140(None) 
barca91319432barca
birch124914022birch
caca85528082c_aca
caeca93915132caeca
ceca84820782c_eca
cercal10314122cercal
cerci93716392cerci
ceria75125352ceria
chica125818262chica
cilia73016762cilia
cinch124516242cinch
circle1039702circle
circus104310592circus
cire65836372cir_e
cires74932912cires
cirri7710722cirri
cisco95112132cisco
coca88030642c_oca
coria75828322coria
crick135118752crick
curch124415412curch
curia74523772curia
erica7316542erica
finca104714502finca
lira46928682lir_a
mica86428252mi_ca
micra96214972micra
mirza16410442mirza
orca65522772_orca
pica85831492pi_ca
sirra54416322sirra
vinca105315162vinca
virga9310252virga
wicca1247252wicca
wirra83210822wirra

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800361.67032215.6
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691361.98390111.4
 
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