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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcancerous” 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.

12 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
cancerous136753(None) 
cankerous1566051cankerous
acerous9513332_a_cerous
anserous8410542_anserous
cancellous1443642cancellous
cancerously1854412cancerously
cancers114018582cancer__s
canorous10310192can_orous
chancrous1644872chanc_rous
cinderous1247042cinderous
dangerous1146102dangerous
rancorous1145282rancorous

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121436124.59626422.1
3Display Results12120.013923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691125.02935532.1