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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 “carob” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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99 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
carob9532522(None) 
cabob114616811cabob
carb85143161car_b
carbo94923841carbo
carobs104818101carobs
carol75128611carol
carom95025561carom
arb510448422_ar_b
barb85240062bar_b
baron78131242baron
cab78355402ca__b
cabobs124311892cabobs
cahow135110942cahow
cajon144513902cajon
calo64936442calo_
calos74431902calos
camo85731752camo_
camos95927612camos
canoe75627252canoe
canon74725302canon
capo85829212capo_
capon95221872capon
capos94826072capos
car59165562car__
carat75048792carat
carbon104919042carbon
carbos105122262carbos
carboy134914182carboy
carbs96031462carbs
card710245872car_d
cardon94120852cardon
cards85137932cards
care66968372car_e
cared86050092cared
carer74942332carer
cares77369182cares
caret75360562caret
carex144822302carex
cargo85322072cargo
cargos94619182cargos
carhop133610762carhop
caribe103416752caribe
cark105539272car_k
carks115534212carks
carl65144782car_l
carle74535702carle
carls77037422carls
carn66245432car_n
carns75937562carns
carny105822922carny
caroch13911762caroch
caroli85918232caroli
carols85124982carols
caroms105619572caroms
carp85139812car_p
carpi94319392carpi
carps96932252carps
carr65434702car_r
carrom10513402carrom
carrot8423122carrot
carrs75730852carrs
carry105823782carry
cars67364762car_s
carse74934332carse
cart66570342car_t
carte75940422carte
carton84522662carton
cartop104213562cartop
carts78946292carts
carve106227752carve
cero66329452cero_
ceros74726072ceros
claro75018692claro_
claros84015112claros
cob710258752c__ob
crab85727672c_rab
crib86323582c_rib
croc85723732c_roc
crop87628632c_rop
crow96428132c_row
curb86732222cur_b
darb76033532dar_b
faro76136922faro_
faros85532022faros
garb75332672gar_b
kabob134113932kabob
karoo92519582karoo
nabob93913742nabob
parol74826272parol
rob56754302__rob
sarod65325872sarod
saros55238062saros
scarab10310062scarab
taro46846912taro_
taroc75721642taroc
tarok97921072tarok
taros55640822taros
tarot55943932tarot
throb109816852throb

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800991.51635488.1
3Display Results99990.0137615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691991.82597912.9
 
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