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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 “catarrhs” 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.

35 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
catarrhs134434(None) 
catarrh1245011catarrh_
catarrhal1452502catarrhal
anarchs1237093_anarchs
autarchs1344993autarchs
cabarets12268473cabarets
camorras12116503camorras
canards10311203cana_rds
canaries10318943canaries
carrs75730853c__arr_s
cataloes10311653cataloes
catalogs1148033catalogs
catalos9414163cata_los
catalpas1246733catalpas
cataract1249413cataract
cataracts1345583cataracts
catarrhine1552503catarrhine
catarrhines1652243catarrhines
catawbas1544093catawbas
catbirds1344203catbirds
caterans10313223caterans
caterers102814413caterers
cateress102311613cateress
caters85336503cat_er_s
catharses1446413catharses
catharsis1444483catharsis
charros124312153c_harros
charrs115219193c_harr_s
dataries9314033dataries
haftarahs18133273haftarahs
sataras7315063sata_ras
tarres64723043__tarres
tatars64619793tata_r_s
zamarras1943803zamarras
zamarros1942683zamarros

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit146162357.86018595.7
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691358.35921377.1
 
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