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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 “candies” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

103 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
candies10412561(None) 
bandies104124861bandies
caddies113718381caddies
candids113812691candids
candied113816021candied
candles104422341candles
dandies94121441dandies
pandies104224501pandies
randies84225661randies
baddies114017872baddies
baldies105317702baldies
bandied114414302bandied
bandits103814792bandits
banties94324762banties
bawdies134613392bawdies
brandies11714562brandies
cabbies133115162cabbies
caddices14297852caddices
caddie104316452caddie_
caddied123710562caddied
caddis104613382caddi_s
caddises12329352caddises
cades85440732ca_d_es
cadges104716702ca_dges
cadis84428502ca_di_s
cadres94017932ca_dres
cammies134016482cammies
canapes111213082canapes
canaries10318942canaries
candid104517852candi_d
candida114110252candida
candidas12338642candidas
candider1237342candider
candidest1346532candidest
candle94321482candle_
candled113815742candled
candler103516592candler
candlers114214102candlers
candors104216762candors
canes75350372can__es
cangues10611822cangues
canids95118132can_ids
canines93724032canines
canities101519262canities
cannie83819362cannie_
cannier94014162cannier
canniest10313362canniest
canoes84725882can_oes
canopies12311852canopies
cantles94721412cantles
cardias10715112cardias
caries85147622ca_ries
carnies94123962carnies
carries94328012carries
catties94023052catties
caudices13337342caudices
caudles103912812caudles
cavies114525002ca_vies
chanties132615802chanties
condoes104319202condoes
conies84338592con_ies
crannies10313012crannies
cuddies113313262cuddies
cyanides14258002cyanides
daddies103414942daddies
dandier93714572dandier
dandiest103415032dandiest
dandles94218532dandles
fancies124018782fancies
fannies103415642fannies
gaudies9311972gaudies
handier113817442handier
handiest123417772handiest
handles114020652handles
hankies143617762hankies
hardies114923232hardies
indies73822782_indies
laddies93715052laddies
ladies75124882la_dies
lindies8416582lindies
maundies1137852maundies
nancies93516842nancies
nandins8312002nandins
nannies73015202nannies
paddies113715722paddies
pandied113913442pandied
pandits103914212pandits
pansies94521982pansies
panties94230932panties
randier83618472randier
randiest93418772randiest
sandier84017842sandier
sandiest93218682sandiest
sanies63031952san_ies
scandias1137862scandias
scanties103215422scanties
shandies122714102shandies
tansies74521242tansies
tardies84225862tardies
undies73821962_undies
waddies124214752waddies
wadies105121202wa_dies
zanies153219672zan_ies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit1076711033.61029825.8
3Display Results1031030.0462239.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911033.78247247.8
 
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