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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 “cane” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 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
cane6665312(None) 
acne66625871acne
ane37866951_ane
bane65250431bane
cade76443911cade
cafe95230321cafe
cage75339061cage
cake105439961cake
came87648751came
can57760141can_
caned85838091caned
caner75334771caner
canes75350371canes
canoe75627251canoe
cans65050851cans
cant66362031cant
cape87242781cape
care66968371care
case65848081case
cate66254601cate
cave95941261cave
cine66242941cine
cone67256961cone
crane75331601crane
fane75343571fane
gane55145301gane
jane115031481jane
kane85133971kane
lane45153331lane
mane65052031mane
pane64950291pane
sane45954341sane
vane75534691vane
wane76344721wane

Search took 2 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 Filter178691139830.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit13983340.50027966.0
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691341.013176397.8
 
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