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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 “chancel” 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.

36 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
chancel14401177(None) 
cancel105316681c_ancel
chance134617091chance_
chanced154113211chanced
chancels15439081chancels
chancer144215631chancer
chances145218091chances
channel123910481channel
cancels114113312c_ancels
cancer104220922c_ancer
cannel84216402c_annel
carcel105018672c_arcel
chanceful1942762chanceful
chancers154313492chancers
chancery18366652chancery
chancier1538822chancier
chancily1845242chancily
chancre14348782chancre
chancres15429362chancres
chancy164010862chanc_y
change124116752change_
changed144214142changed
changer134215542changer
changes134517582changes
channels13388492channels
chanted134015952chanted
chanter123919732chanter
chantey154112542chantey
chapel134911372cha_pel
charnel124010052charnel
chattel12388892chattel
chunnel12395302chunnel
hance105424152_hance_
hances115621282_hances
hansel95214372_hansel
spancel1147362spancel

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671363.75028712.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691364.13943172.5
 
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