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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
cartoon9411446(None) 
cardoon104813811cardoon
carton84522661cart_on
cartoons104012801cartoons
cartoony13377401cartoony
canton85722992cant_on
caption113513692caption
carbon104919042car_bon
cardon94120852car_don
cardoons113411942cardoons
caretook1445172caretook
carotin92216732carotin
carpool1139222carpool
carrion9312672carrion
carryon1237032carryon
cartons94122472cartons
cartooned1246312cartooned
cartop104213562cart_op
cation83925502ca_tion
caution93013522caution
craton84517192crat_on
croon75522782c_r_oon
croton84415452c_roton
harpoon1238312harpoon
jargoon1545192jargoon
lardoon83410372lardoon
maroon83118202mar_oon
parton84720992part_on
partook1337312partook
patroon92811972patroon
ratoon64417372ra_toon
rattoon7359242rattoon

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671323.56330219.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691323.95245215.3
 
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