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

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

27 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
carnations1231135(None) 
carnation11312941carnation_
darnations1138411darnations
tarnations1038901tarnations
adnations1039752_adnations
agnations10310032_agnations
carbanions1455192carbanions
carbonations1644842carbonations
caseations1258302caseations
cassations1276872cassations
catenations1348362catenations
caudations13108222caudations
causations1268142causations
cognations1339592cognations
conations111318902c_onations
connations12312942connations
coronations13410702coronations
creations112614542c_reations
crenations12511692crenations
damnations1337082damnations
darnation1039822darnation_
incarnations1446662incarnations
marinations13411272marinations
narrations1038942narrations
tarnation9310092tarnation_
variations13310772variations
vernations13310332vernations

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 Filter1786911088240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit108824273.15634481.6
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.53250592.0
 
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