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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 “ears” 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.

35 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
ears4635659(None) 
ars37670931_ars
bars66564091bars
bears75739041bears
cars67364761cars
dears65736881dears
ear36867881ear_
earl45838141earl
earls56127511earls
earn46737551earn
earns55927561earns
eats47054871eats
eras45441501eras
errs45622531errs
ers36046281e_rs
fears84829391fears
gars55750741gars
gears64628691gears
hears86737371hears
jars117338351jars
lars46956571lars
lears55938731lears
mars66261861mars
nears55529421nears
oars46846031oars
pars67560791pars
pears75138611pears
rears54739651rears
sears54744911sears
tars46763951tars
tears55436461tears
vars75742071vars
wars78659801wars
wears86030301wears
years84527671years

Search took 2 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983351.01313803.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691351.092163636.4
 
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