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

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91 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
carobs10481810(None) 
cabobs124311891cabobs
carbos105122261carbos
carbs96031461car_bs
carob95325221carob_
carols85124981carols
caroms105619571caroms
across8312642across
arbs66834732_ar_bs
barbs95928192bar_bs
barons85025382barons
cabob114616812cabob_
cabs86739422ca__bs
cahows14399122cahows
calos74431902calo_s
camos95927612camo_s
canoes84725882canoes
canons85522062canons
capons104119502capons
capos94826072capo_s
carats85929022carats
carb85143162car_b_
carbo94923842car_bo
carbon104919042carbon
carbons115418942carbons
carboy134914182carboy
carboys144711782carboys
cardons104519932cardons
cards85137932car_ds
carers85133962carers
cares77369182car_es
caress85720262caress
carets85330772carets
cargoes104415222cargoes
cargos94619182cargos
carhops14329702carhops
caribe103416752caribe
caribes113715642caribes
caries85147622caries
carious93320282carious
carks115534212car_ks
carles85435082carles
carls77037422car_ls
carns75937562car_ns
caroch13911762caroch
carol75128612caro_l
caroli85918232caroli
carolus94612602carolus
carom95025562caro_m
carouse9614422carouse
carps96932252car_ps
carpus105514302carpus
carroms11512402carroms
carrots9714622carrots
carrs75730852car_rs
cars67364762car__s
carses85233652carses
cartes86239472cartes
cartons94122472cartons
carts78946292car_ts
carves115128452carves
ceros74726072cero_s
cerous85821202cerous
claroes93113732claroes
claros84015112claro_s
cobs87043142c__obs
crabs95421392c_rabs
cribs94516752c_ribs
crocs95722432c_rocs
crops96125232c_rops
cross75124502c_ross
crows105727312c_rows
curbs94821652cur_bs
darbs85323262dar_bs
faros85532022faro_s
garbs86321412gar_bs
kabobs14439302kabobs
karoos102415802karoos
kaross101910012kaross
nabobs10388212nabobs
parols84722612parols
parous84024162parous
robs65837872__robs
sarods74918572sarods
saros55238062saro_s
scarabs1137292scarabs
tarocs84615662tarocs
taroks106115282taroks
taros55640822taro_s
tarots66422992tarots
throbs118311372throbs

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551912.72030349.6
3Display Results91910.0303033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691912.86062479.4
 
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