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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 “knarry” 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.

29 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
knarry133461(None) 
carry105823782_carry
charry145012112charry
gharry13546272gharry
gnarly104610382gnarly
gnarr64810692gnarr_
gnarrs7407662gnarrs
harry115322952_harry
kaury12429762k_aury
kerry124916092k_erry
knar85818722kna_r_
knarred12266002knarred
knars94416112kna_rs
knaur9508252knaur_
knaurs10466962knaurs
knavery1733122knavery
knurly13405532knurly
marry104821692_marry
narky126017802_narky
nary76931222_na_ry
parry105323752_parry
quarry1837472quarry
scarry116311182scarry
snarky134210842snarky
snarly93815002snarly
sparry115111302sparry
starry94911672starry
tarry85422512_tarry
unary8315992una_ry

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551292.51632810.4
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691292.87562153.4
 
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