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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 “far” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
far6776260(None) 
afar76720781afar
ar211379381_ar
bar58070551bar
car59165561car
ear36867881ear
fa510148451fa_
fab87453131fab
fad77452411fad
fag76852361fag
fair76332521fair
fan67158851fan
fard85639061fard
fare76354461fare
farl76338551farl
farm95934531farm
faro76136921faro
fart76860561fart
fas68262931fas
fat68178081fat
fax138143311fax
fay97454861fay
fear75337791fear
fer66646121fer
fiar76427331fiar
fir66744891fir
for66952071for
fur66637321fur
gar47259901gar
jar107646151jar
lar37967531lar
mar57965941mar
oar37057951oar
par57467021par
tar37570691tar
var66148331var
war67262421war
yar67253831yar

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146380.09355333.3
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691380.1391285546.8
 
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