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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 “acarids” 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.

26 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
acarids10531224(None) 
acarid95017071acarid_
ascarids11438501ascarids
acacias11510402acacias
acari75020282acari__
acaridan1165232acaridan
acaridans1254032acaridans
acarine9316002acarine
acarines10314342acarines
acaroid103512312acaroid_
acarus8312192acar_us
acids87121012ac__ids
acrid86920102ac_rid_
agamids11317012agamids
agarics10319942agarics
aramids102810512aramids
ascarid103910722ascarid_
ascarides12346952ascarides
ascaris93613322ascari_s
awards107113452awar_ds
caids85226432_ca_ids
cairds96411512_cairds
canids95118132_canids
cards85137932_car_ds
caries85147622_caries
sparids103512122sparids

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 Filter1786911076710.610292936.1
2DLD Change Limit107671265.84318427.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.46927622.7
 
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