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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 “calories” 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.

32 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
calories10291956(None) 
calorics122810461calorics
calorie92716901calorie_
calorizes202312301calorizes
caloric113413222calori_c
calorize192712742calorize
calorized21249672calorized
calottes10610082calottes
calvaries1449802calvaries
canaries10318942canaries
canonries1148412canonries
canopies12311852canopies
caries85147622ca__ries
carries94328012ca_rries
celeries10316312celeries
chlorides15289752chlorides
chlorids14299672chlorids
chlorines142512352chlorines
chlorins132612882chlorins
chlorites142311962chlorites
claries93422202c_laries
colonies103620012colonies
colorizes203014522colorizes
galores82614342galor_es
glories81915922_glories
jalopies1786672jalopies
lories64933042__lories
salaries8319592salaries
savories11311272savories
valorise112110312valorise
valorises122210192valorises
valorizes21249082valorizes

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059325.90620497.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.31228309.7
 
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