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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 “circles” 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
circles113990(None) 
circle1039701circle_
circled1237581circled
circler1136421circler
circlers1235351circlers
circlet11311471circlet
circlets1235661circlets
birches143412322birches
birles84920642bir_les
carcels114516062carcels
carles85435082car_les
chicles143512502chicles
cinches144215772cinches
circus104310592circ_us
circuses1238252circuses
cires74932912cir__es
cirques1836462cirques
ciscoes113610732ciscoes
citoles9312552citoles
coracles121811162coracles
curches143512742curches
curdles103814572curdles
cycles1339302c_ycles
encircles1343922encircles
girdles92210002girdles
hirples12149642hirples
hirsles101510072hirsles
icicles1135942icicles
kirtles11309662kirtles
miracles1238332miracles
recircles1344432recircles

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671312.92036873.6
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.29654214.5
 
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