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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 “caretaking” 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.

50 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
caretaking176533(None) 
caretakings1852901caretakings
caretaken1543632caretaken_
creaking153414122c_re_aking
partaking1698672par_taking
retaking133114282__retaking
betaking153010153__betaking
breaking153914253_bre_aking
cakewalking2051673cakewalking
caravaning1644423caravaning
careening12310013care_ening
careering12311203care_ering
caregiving1743143caregiving
caressing1238803care_ssing
caretake1446773caretak__e
caretaker1545083caretak_er
caretakers1644493caretakers
caretakes1547143caretak_es
carjacking2643543carjacking
carking144322853car___king
carpeting1439483carpet__ing
carting104228283car_t__ing
cartoning12311113car_toning
caseating12311743case_ating
catenating1348683catenating
caveating1539293cave_ating
cavitating1646903cavitating
corelating13511583corelating
corotating1349323corotating
creaming133413143c_re_aming
creasing113314443c_re_asing
creating113921953c_re_ating
cremating14312193c_remating
croaking153712163c_r_oaking
curetting1236573curet_ting
freaking163611453_fre_aking
overtaking1878893overtaking
pacemaking2144383pacemaking
parbaking1877203par_baking
phreaking1936473phre_aking
prebaking1838063_prebaking
pretaping1439133_pretaping
remaking152613303__remaking
retacking1658973__retacking
retaping113012553__retaping
retaxing162311333__retaxing
rewaking162310983__rewaking
screaking16228233scre_aking
streaking142010323stre_aking
wreaking163010213_wre_aking

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603508.06317438.1
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691508.24921662.1
 
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