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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 “samaras” 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.

29 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
samaras931291(None) 
samara8313851samara_
samsaras1045871samsaras
sataras7315061sataras
cameras11313362cameras
damars93814992damar_s
hamadas1339672hamadas
kamalas13339122kamalas
maras75443292__maras
ramadas1039302ramadas
sabras85116362sa_bras
safaris101110662safaris
sambars115113842sambar_s
sambas104219262sam_bas
samosas939292samosas
samsara936912samsara_
samurai945922samurai
samurais1046142samurais
satara6315532satara_
seamarks1445302seamarks
simars84916932simar_s
smarms105712532s_marms
smarts86218002s_marts
tamarao977592tamarao
tamaraos10105882tamaraos
tamarau9107062tamarau
tamaraus1096182tamaraus
tamaris9413592tamaris
zamarras1943802zamarras

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671292.98336094.9
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691293.35953197.7
 
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