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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 “vulgarian” 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.

27 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
vulgarian135426(None) 
vulgarians1453441vulgarians
vulcanian1443162vulcanian
vulgarise13495992vulgarise
vulgarism15145142vulgarism
vulgarity1693992vulgarity
vulgarize22135432vulgarize
calvarian1446863calvarian
culinarian1255993culinarian
filarian1148313fil_arian
lunarian847293lu_narian
malarian10311563mal_arian
valerian1147123val_erian
velaria1038923vel_aria_
vulgar10426823vulgar___
vulgarer1243013vulgar_er
vulgarest1343773vulgarest
vulgarised15134043vulgarised
vulgarises14135493vulgarises
vulgarising1652723vulgarising
vulgarisms16133873vulgarisms
vulgarized24134283vulgarized
vulgarizer23143763vulgarizer
vulgarizes23145203vulgarizes
vulgarizing2553513vulgarizing
vulgarly1543163vulgar_ly
vulgars11306533vulgar__s

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641275.87625296.3
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691276.32928233.7
 
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