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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 “barca” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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96 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
barca9131943(None) 
bacca111012181bacca
barcas101016601barcas
abaca95118042abaca
arc510250902_arc_
arch98628442_arch
arco68331542_arco
arcs67834782_arcs
area45843392_area
areca75618632_areca
aria46245422_aria
baa510650422ba__a
baba88828352ba_ba
babka137812912babka
baccae12119702baccae
bach116131392ba_ch
back125535762ba_ck
baiza164813222baiza
balsa77920412balsa
banco94019392banco
banda85223112banda
bar58070552bar__
barb85240062bar_b
barbal104016662barbal
barbe95328282barbe
barbs95928192barbs
barchan1469132barchan
bard75648862bar_d
barde85330772barde
bards87139642bards
bare65460522bar_e
bared85144482bared
barer74535802barer
bares75457132bares
barf95844412bar_f
barfs104826002barfs
barge85631022barge
baric96125692baric
bark106242152bar_k
barks115735812barks
barky145721612barky
barm86739602bar_m
barman103519702barman
barms96128462barms
barmy125218762barmy
barn66444642bar_n
barns76335142barns
barny105821732barny
baron78131242baron
barre75929552barre
bars66564092bar_s
barye105021492barye
baryta114310292baryta
batch124620102batch
bearcat11611912bearcat
birch124914022birch
bora66141632bor_a
bra56339462b_r_a
brace95629272brace
brach126123302brach
bract96332722bract
brava106414792brava
braza165214252braza
bura66139532bur_a
burka114617692burka
burqa165013092burqa
bursa74921522bursa
caca85528082ca_ca
caeca93915132caeca
circa9311402circa
farce104925322farce
farci105919312farci
farcy135217092farcy
garda7316762garda
karma113415012karma
larch105919792larch
larva8312482larva
mara67444572mar_a
maraca10314152maraca
marc87034632marc_
march125622892march
marcs95726622marcs
maria75032882maria
marka114620792marka
narc67127952narc_
narco76718242narco
narcs76122022narcs
orca65522772_orca
paca85132242pa_ca
para65242172par_a
parch125123002parch
parka115120882parka
sacra74516992sacra
vara75530882var_a
varia85824202varia
varna84516172varna

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800961.79629955.5
3Display Results96960.0303200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691962.12284208.8
 
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