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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 “cartoons” 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.

31 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
cartoons10401280(None) 
cardoons113411941cardoons
cartons94122471cart_ons
cartoon94114461cartoon_
cartoony13377401cartoony
cantons95221202cant_ons
captions123813222captions
carbons115418942car_bons
cardons104519942car_dons
cardoon104813812cardoon_
carotins102315582carotins
carpools1237882carpools
carrions10312452carrions
carryons1337102carryons
carton84522662cart_on_
cartooned1246312cartooned
cartoonish1563622cartoonish
cartoonist1257162cartoonist
cations94524142ca_tions
cautions103313182cautions
cratons94316032crat_ons
croons85418422c_r_oons
crotons93714372c_rotons
harpoons1337482harpoons
jargoons1644662jargoons
lardoons9398482lardoons
maroons92615552mar_oons
partons94620512part_ons
patroons102710602patroons
ratoons73815472ra_toons
rattoons8327512rattoons

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059313.93630756.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691314.35841003.0
 
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