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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forcarls” 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.

22 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
carls7703742(None) 
calls75634731calls
carbs96031461carbs
cards85137931cards
cares77369181cares
carks115534211carks
carl65144781carl_
carle74535701carle
carles85435081carles
carns75937561carns
carols85124981carols
carps96932251carps
carrs75730851carrs
cars67364761car_s
carts78946291carts
cauls75727771cauls
curls74927101curls
earls56127511earls
farls85731111farls
harls85634501harls
jarls126120961jarls
marls75535161marls

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit28756220.51356054.6
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691220.639279641.6