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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 “character” 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.

51 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
character164588(None) 
characters1745501characters
charactery2043421charactery
charactered1952882charactered
charter123918302char__ter
attracter1146093attracter
cadaster1136903c_adaster
caracoler1346433c_aracoler
carate84734003c_ara_te_
carates95630613c_ara_tes
carjacker2443833c_arjacker
carter84932273c_ar__ter
chancer144215633cha_nc_er
chancier1538823cha_ncier
chanter123919733ch__anter
chapiter1536603cha_piter
chapter144213853ch__apter
characid1646863charac_id
characids1745263characids
characin1547993charac_in
characins1647593characins
characterful2261473characterful
characteries1974973characteries
charactering2053713charactering
characterize2863263characterize
charade13129913chara_de_
charades141310853chara_des
charases131312763chara_ses
charger133914063char__ger
charier124317903char__ier
charioted1595863charioted
charioteer1552753charioteer
charmer144913663char__mer
charrier1378683char_rier
charted135116853char__ted
charterer14197323charterer
charters134115583char__ters
chaster124718503ch__aster
chatter124416643ch__atter
chaunter1366393cha_unter
cheater124816963ch_ea_ter
chiropter1644833chiropter
chorister1487143chorister
compacter17257883compacter
correcter1348103correcter
cracker153114173c__racker
crafter124111333c__rafter
crater85026643c__ra_ter
harasser1137043_harasser
noncharacter1962103noncharacter
varactor1345703_varactor

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641516.57622603.6
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.04525364.2
 
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