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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 “workfare” 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.

30 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
workfare184312(None) 
workfares1943391workfares
warfare1336732war_fare
workforce2151742workforce
workmate1744672workmate
airfare1047243air_fare
carfare12310073car_fare
cookware1744723cookware
corkage1438373cork_age
forbare122310513for_bare
foreface1647113foreface
warfares1436683war_fares
welfare1335713w_elfare
wordage1236503wor_dage
workable1737093workable
workbag1742923workba_g
workbags1843013workbags
workday1843303workda_y
workdays1942903workdays
worker134715113work_er_
workers144612693work_ers
workflow2141883workflow
workfolk1742343workfolk
workforces2251753workforces
workhorse1943853workhorse
workman1635613workma_n
workmates1845003workmates
workplace2042733workplace
workspace2052133workspace
worktable1844723worktable

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162307.68619016.7
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691308.10622044.3
 
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