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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 “carbonaras” 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.

28 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
carbonaras144445(None) 
carbonara1345061carbonara_
carbonades1546112carbonades
carbonados1543792carbonados
carbonates1449132carbonates
carboras12311582carbo__ras
caponatas1343903ca_ponatas
caracaras1346863car_acaras
carbarns1238563carb__arns
carbonade1446543carbona_de
carbonado1444383carbona_do
carbonadoes1652963carbonadoes
carbonate13410513carbona_te
carbonated1547243carbonated
carboniums1645183carboniums
carbonizes23148613carbonizes
carbonless1444083carbonless
carbonnades1652673carbonnades
carbonous1347063carbon_ous
carbons115418943carbon___s
carbonyls1675043carbon_yls
carbora11310703carbo__ra_
cardboards1645333cardbo_ards
carronades1345763carronades
garboards1346363garbo_ards
larboards1246983larbo_ards
marinaras1145563mar_inaras
sayonaras1242473sa_yonaras

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603286.50021631.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.93925751.7
 
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