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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 “bar” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

41 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
bar5807055(None) 
ar211379381_ar
ba49962341ba_
baa510650421baa
bad67763151bad
bag67059221bag
bah87755351bah
bal56662721bal
bam78560141bam
ban58366841ban
bap76455841bap
barb85240061barb
bard75648861bard
bare65460521bare
barf95844411barf
bark106242151bark
barm86739601barm
barn66444641barn
bars66564091bars
bas58681751bas
bat510988951bat
bay89661641bay
bear66844641bear
boar66134291boar
bra56339461bra
brr56921921brr
bur55744691bur
car59165561car
ear36867881ear
far67762601far
gar47259901gar
jar107646151jar
kbar106514651kbar
lar37967531lar
mar57965951mar
oar37057951oar
par57467021par
tar37570691tar
var66148331var
war67262421war
yar67253831yar

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146410.09355333.3
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691410.1551152845.2
 
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