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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 “catawbas” 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.

46 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
catawbas154409(None) 
catawba1443701catawba_
casabas1139982casa_bas
catalpas1246732catalpas
anabas8314083_ana_bas
atabal839743_ata_bal
atabals938413_ata_bals
ataxias14189343_ataxias
cabalas113516003caba_las
cabanas112413033caba_nas
cabombas1643813cabombas
calabash1544253cala_bash
canastas1037693canastas
cantalas104013523canta_las
cantatas103410093canta_tas
carabao1139673cara_bao
carabaos1238083cara_baos
caramba1336893caramba_
caraway1538133caraw_ay
caraways1636953caraways
carnaubas1342923carnaubas
casaba1079263casa_ba_
casavas1237823casa_vas
cassabas1245733cassabas
castaway1664573castaw_ay
castaways1743673castaways
catalase1039223cata_lase
cataloes10311653cataloes
catalogs1148033catalogs
catalos9414163cata_los
catalpa1136503catalpa_
cataplasm1543843cataplasm
catarrhs1344343catarrhs
catenas9313113cat_enas
catwalks1744793catwalks
cavallas1366843cavallas
copaibas1443563copaibas
cutaway1544433cutaw_ay
cutaways1643813cutaways
database1143533data_base
fatwas1249053fat_w_as
latakias1245583latakias
mastabas1246803masta_bas
patacas11311003pata_cas
ratafias1145323ratafias
sataras7315063sata_ras

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162467.98318309.2
3Display Results46460.0331393.9
 (SQL Overall)178691468.42221217.2
 
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