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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 “escars” 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.

51 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
escars8391313(None) 
escar74011991escar_
escarp10449001escarp
escarps11397371escarps
eschars1237181eschars
eskars10357591eskars
scars75433531_scars
ascaris93613322ascaris
cars67364762__cars
ears46356592e__ars
eggars8398972eggars
embars103812882embars
escape103811662escape
escapers12337412escapers
escapes113811672escapes
eschar1136532eschar_
escolars1045342escolars
escort84616482escort
escorts9418402escorts
escots84211742escots
eskar9457452eskar_
eskers105312222eskers
essays965652essays
esters64627732esters
lascars979012lascars
mescals112911572mescals
scabs94818642_scabs
scads85419962_scads
scags85520972_scags
scams94423972_scams
scans74625102_scans
scar66434202_scar_
scare75334462_scare
scares85033002_scares
scarf105427142_scarf
scarfs114714682_scarfs
scarp95724102_scarp
scarps104718602_scarps
scart76139772_scart
scarts85321492_scarts
scary105222592_scary
scats75930602_scats
scaurs85512052_scaurs
sears54744912_sears
secpars1138412secpars
sewars94018632sewars
soars54732512_soars
spars75431542_spars
stars55836572_stars
tsars56717112ts_ars
vicars11712262vicars

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551512.12338884.1
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.48571907.8
 
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