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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 “cigarlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

30 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
cigarlike164233(None) 
sugarlike1443242sugarlike
tigerlike1443532tigerlike
airlike11310333ai__rlike
bearlike14156793_bearlike
cagelike1537723cag_elike
carline93923613c__arline
catlike132712933c__atlike
charlie123011923c_harli_e
cigarette1243783cigarette
cigarillo1252203cigarillo
civetlike1842703civetlike
clamlike1635163c_lamlike
clawlike1733913c_lawlike
claylike1734463c_laylike
crablike1636023c_rablike
fiberlike1844123fiberlike
fingerlike1842943fingerlike
garpike1435093__garpike
jiglike19105333jig__like
oarlike113411193__oarlike
piglike14157313pig__like
riverlike1644483riverlike
sighlike1635533sig_hlike
sparlike1437673_sparlike
spearlike1544143spearlike
starlike1238813_starlike
unwarlike1652883unwarlike
warlike142410473__warlike
wiglike15125853wig__like

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641307.42320024.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.84522777.7
 
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