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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 “caress” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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155 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
caress8572026(None) 
carers85133961carers
cares77369181care_s
carets85330771carets
carless95118491carless
carses85233651carses
cress75022831c_ress
access1037682access
acres76327762acre_s
across8312642across
actress948532actress
areas55935792_areas
ares45871022_are_s
arses55733872_arses
bares75457132bare_s
barest85327692barest
barless94317002barless
cabers105023922cabers
cades85440732cade_s
cadets96316512cadets
cadres94017932cadre_s
cafes106426922cafe_s
cagers95624192cagers
cages85936012cage_s
cakes116037672cake_s
calesa8412472calesa
calesas9411832calesas
camass104114182camass
camels105217082camels
cameos105818002cameos
cames97047312came_s
caners84629202caners
canes75350372cane_s
capers105428142capers
capes95441922cape_s
capless114312762capless
carats85929022carats
carbos105122262carbos
carbs96031462car_bs
carcass11310512carcass
carcels114516062carcels
carders104820352carders
cards85137932car_ds
care66968372care__
cared86050092care_d
careen84119492careen
careens94514702careens
career85822242career
careers95218782careers
careless102813632careless
carer74942332care_r
caressed1139172caressed
caresser1038812caresser
caresses10314062caresses
caret75360562care_t
carex144822302care_x
cargos94619182cargos
caries85147622caries
carks115534212car_ks
carles85435082carles
carls77037422car_ls
carnets93918402carnets
carneys124310542carneys
carns75937562car_ns
carobs104818102carobs
carols85124982carols
caroms105619572caroms
carpels115315462carpels
carpers114521252carpers
carpets113915332carpets
carps96932252car_ps
carpus105514302carpus
carrels95117302carrels
carrs75730852car_rs
cars67364762car__s
carse74934332car_se
cartels94618122cartels
carters95327262carters
cartes86239472cartes
carts78946292car_ts
carvels124914592carvels
carvers124817542carvers
carves115128452carves
cases75048382case_s
cateress102311612cateress
caters85336502caters
cates75951892cate_s
causes88026472causes
cavers115026842cavers
caves105639702cave_s
ceres75540012cere_s
cereus85215522cereus
cess65326052c__ess
chares115631802chare_s
chess105016922c_hess
cires74932912cire_s
clarets94111102clarets
corers85231072corers
cores76361852core_s
corses84433462corses
crases85532312crases
crass76328042c_rass
creds85418772c_reds
cressy11439112c_ressy
crest74632692c_rest
crests85218702c_rests
crews105917502c_rews
cross75124502c_ross
curers84923192curers
cures75645432cure_s
curets84922342curets
curses85328272curses
cypress1434662cypress
darers75921872darers
dares66146702dare_s
dress65319832_dress
duress74712062duress
earless74316072earless
egress73310432egress
farers95924052farers
fares85852872fare_s
farness102912202farness
harass9313942harass
harems115513822harems
hares86255542hare_s
harness102413932harness
kaross101910022kaross
larees65323112larees
lares54852632lare_s
largess8408912largess
mares76457632mare_s
marses84827112marses
nares55544152nare_s
oarless73913372oarless
ogress7529502ogress
pareos87023772pareos
parers85530742parers
pares77164482pare_s
pareses94718882pareses
paresis93315092paresis
pareus85420742pareus
parses85534702parses
press75425952_press
rares55247442rare_s
rarest65725482rarest
sarees65329942sarees
scarers94618512scarers
scares85033002scare_s
scarless10189052scarless
stress66616672stress
tares57456562tare_s
tress55423162_tress
wares88250582ware_s
warless104015102warless
yarest95018912yarest

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit825511552.75030018.5
3Display Results1551550.0632460.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911553.13956926.1
 
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