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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 “cares” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

54 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
cares7736918(None) 
acres76327761acres
ares45871021_ares
bares75457131bares
cades85440731cades
cadres94017921cadres
cafes106426921cafes
cages85936011cages
cakes116037671cakes
cames97047311cames
canes75350371canes
capes95441921capes
carbs96031461carbs
cards85137931cards
care66968371care_
cared86050091cared
carer74942331carer
carers85133951carers
caress85720261caress
caret75360561caret
carets85330771carets
carex144822291carex
caries85147621caries
carks115534211carks
carles85435081carles
carls77037421carls
carns75937561carns
carps96932251carps
carrs75730851carrs
cars67364761car_s
carse74934331carse
carses85233651carses
cartes86239471cartes
carts78946291carts
carves115128451carves
cases75048381cases
cates75951871cates
caves105639701caves
ceres75540011ceres
chares115631801chares
cires74932911cires
cores76361851cores
cures75645431cures
dares66146701dares
fares85852871fares
hares86255541hares
lares54852631lares
mares76457631mares
nares55544151nares
pares77164481pares
rares55247441rares
scares85033001scares
tares57456561tares
wares88250581wares

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 Filter178691287560.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit28756540.78036866.7
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691540.892200326.2
 
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