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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 “career” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

153 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
career8582224(None) 
carder94524181carder
careen84119491careen
careers95218781careers
carer74942331car_er
carper104923631carper
carter84932271carter
carver114420151carver
ameer75618982_ameer
armer76924442_armer
barber104419322barber
barer74535802bar_er
barker124822862barker
barter85525372barter
caber95126832ca_ber
cabler104519172cabler
cadger105013912cadger
cager85229222ca_ger
cagier93715932cagier
cahier113615772cahier
cakier123115242cakier
calker124917082calker
caller85125482caller
calmer105216932calmer
camber124418482camber
camper124722212camper
cancer104220922cancer
caner75334772ca_ner
canker124422522canker
canner84625982canner
canoer85121072canoer
canter85230112canter
caper94831622ca_per
caperer113013402caperer
capper124421982capper
carcel105018672carcel
carded105424902carded
carders104820352carders
care66968372car_e_
cared86050092car_ed
careener1039332careener
careens94514702careens
careered1139492careered
careerer1038582careerer
carers85133962carers
cares77369182car_es
caress85720262caress
caresser1038812caresser
caret75360562car_et
carets85330772carets
carex144822302car_ex
caried94528692caried
caries85147622caries
carked134024822carked
carle74535702carle_
carles85435082carles
carmen104019342carmen
carnet84732872carnet
carney115315702carney
caroler93816752caroler
carped115923762carped
carpel105418472carpel
carpers114521252carpers
carpet104530092carpet
carr65434702car__r
carrel84718632carrel
carrier93619582carrier
carse74934332carse_
carses85233652carses
carte75940422carte_
carted98631442carted
cartel85022532cartel
carters95327252carters
cartes86239472cartes
carve106227752carve_
carved124320852carved
carvel114817572carvel
carven114716662carven
carvers124817542carvers
carves115128452carves
caster85232572caster
cater74840722ca_ter
caterer92815942caterer
causer84117782causer
caver105629062ca_ver
charger133914062charger
charier124317902charier
charmer144913662charmer
charter123918302charter
cheer105420382c_heer
coarser93211202coarser
corder94322882corder
corer75538872cor_er
corker124720852corker
corner84625622corner
crater85026642crater
craver114618472craver
creed85727392c_reed
creek114917392c_reek
creel75121482c_reel
creep95218102c_reep
crier74724462c_rier
curber104517052curber
curer75030752cur_er
curler85221322curler
curser84721472curser
curter85320082curter
darer65230792dar_er
darker114718692darker
darner74017302darner
darter75320362darter
earner63617222earner
fakeer13378742fakeer
farcer115016082farcer
farer86733142far_er
farmer115017372farmer
freer86021242_freer
garner73917002garner
garter74420512garter
harder105022402harder
hareem114312062hareem
harmer114719552harmer
harper115018402harper
larder73720972larder
laree56036292laree_
larees65323112larees
larger74417512larger
larker104519242larker
laveer94110422laveer
marker124420392marker
marrer83716672marrer
parer75839902par_er
parker124121372parker
parser84822372parser
rarer54731702rar_er
saree55044662saree_
sarees65329942sarees
scarcer113911372scarcer
scareder1135792scareder
scarer84524612scar_er
scarfer124511082scarfer
scarier94017872scarier
scarper114814822scarper
tarter64023562tarter
varier94619352varier
warder104020272warder
warier93722892warier
warmer113816732warmer
warner93717222warner
warper114015582warper
yarder103813972yarder
yarer84321572yar_er
yarner93313062yarner

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit825511532.69030688.1
3Display Results1531530.0463326.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911533.21955511.3
 
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