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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 “quark” 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.

68 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
quark18461412(None) 
quack203812501quack
quare143920541quare
quarks193810911quarks
quart144027851quart
quirk184011001quirk
squark19438111squark
ark77044962__ark
bark106242152_bark
cark105539272_cark
chark144222712chark
dark95133212_dark
guar56923292guar_
guard74415542guard
guars65021052guars
hark115237392_hark
lark85733862_lark
lurk86624162lu_rk
mark105138062_mark
murk105527252mu_rk
nark85230062_nark
park105237492_park
qua124821972qua__
quacks214710102quacks
quacky24376962quacky
quad144618702qua_d
quads154515842quads
quaere154110672quaere
quaff201311352quaff
quag144815942qua_g
quags154613252quags
quai134420392qua_i
quail144314362quail
quais144618392quais
quake184114642quake
quaky214310742quaky
quale143617852quale
qualm163511182qualm
quant143624812quant
quarry1837472quarry
quarte154115322quarte
quarto153511122quarto
quarts154715932quarts
quartz244212102quartz
quash174512162quash
quasi144015022quasi
quass144413762quass
quate144521412quate
quatre153512352quatre
quay164618352qua_y
quays174612042quays
quern143610402quern
query174212082query
quick204311062quick
quire144917132quire
quirks19419112quirks
quirky22435532quirky
quirt144624232quirt
sark84938972_sark
shark126225022shark
snark95419942snark
spark114920892spark
square154513362square
squarks20417182squarks
squawk22385372squawk
stark95425622stark
turk86125862tu_rk
wark115737772_wark

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800681.64032804.9
3Display Results68680.0135230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691681.95391495.6
 
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