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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 “carafes” 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.

49 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
carafes12501570(None) 
carafe115416161carafe_
carates95630611carates
agrafes1137522agrafes
arames84622572_arames
cafes106426922c__afes
camases114216342camases
canapes111213082canapes
caracks152211562caracks
caramel11310252caramel
caramels1238802caramels
carate84734002carate_
carats85929022cara_ts
caravel1238212caravel
caravels1337442caravels
carcases12313092carcases
cares77369182car__es
carfares13310322carfares
cargoes104415222cargoes
caribes113715642caribes
carices114220952carices
caries85147622car_ies
carles85435082car_les
carnages11312212carnages
carnies94123962carnies
carries94328012carries
carses85233652car_ses
cartages11313312cartages
cartes86239472car_tes
carves115128452car_ves
cerates95428252cerates
chafes145017912c_hafes
charades141310852charades
charases131312762charases
crafts115312742c_rafts
crakes124921812c_rakes
cranes84330752c_ranes
crapes104727692c_rapes
crases85532312c_rases
crates85736062c_rates
craves115825392c_raves
crazes174720132c_razes
curares94916852curares
curates95323832curates
garages9314112garages
karates115617472karates
parades104121462parades
sarapes94617752sarapes
strafes104516002strafes

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 Filter1786911076710.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit107671497.50014356.1
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691498.10922036.1
 
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