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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 “are” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
are3787457(None) 
ace59656831ace
acre67330771acre
ae212590291a_e
age47154331age
ale36572341ale
ane37866941ane
ape57251181ape
ar211379381ar_
arb510448421arb
arc510250901arc
area45843391area
ares45871021ares
arf67453371arf
ark77044961ark
arm58449621arm
ars37670931ars
arse46539271arse
art38679141art
ate37059241ate
ave67748701ave
awe67746621awe
axe108239491axe
aye67151761aye
bare65460521bare
care66968371care
dare55848861dare
ere36352771ere
fare76354461fare
hare76255731hare
ire36943171ire
mare64759321mare
ore36661831ore
pare66760841pare
rare45348431rare
re26153741_re
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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146390.07667710.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691390.1551152845.2
 
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