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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 “mare” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

37 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
mare6475933(None) 
are37874571_are
bare65460521bare
care66968371care
dare55848861dare
fare76354461fare
hare76255731hare
mabe85733361mabe
mace87345791mace
made75440241made
madre85720171madre
mae57659111ma_e
mage75739131mage
make105537891make
male66052301male
mane65052031mane
mar57965951mar_
mara67444571mara
marc87034631marc
mares76457631mares
marge85328331marge
mark105138061mark
marl66341621marl
mars66261871mars
marse76231151marse
mart66865981mart
mate65154221mate
maze155434981maze
mere67244441mere
mire66748231mire
more67154521more
mure65941331mure
pare66760841pare
rare45348431rare
tare45957621tare
ware76254721ware
yare75636941yare

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983370.25055932.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691370.329543133.7
 
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