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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 “caramel” 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.

27 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
caramel1131025(None) 
caramels1238801caramels
caravel1238211caravel
arame75026622_arame_
arames84622572_arames
calomel1138072calomel
camel96822802c__amel
caracal11312512caracal
caracol11310422caracol
caracul1138822caracul
carafe115416162carafe_
carafes125015702carafes
caramba1336892caramba
carate84734002carate_
carates95630612carates
caravels1337442caravels
carbamyl1743102carbamyl
carcel105018672car_cel
carmen104019342car_men
caromed123713622caromed
carpel105418472car_pel
carrel84718632car_rel
cartel85022532car_tel
carvel114817572car_vel
ceramal1138842ceramal
cormel103815602cor_mel
tramel84113712_tramel

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit107671273.44031299.7
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691274.01644494.8
 
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