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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 “afars” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

135 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
afars8571651(None) 
afar76720781afar_
agars66120641agars
aahs716428562a_ahs
aals49941142a_als
aas310975392a_a_s
abas68642082aba_s
acari75020282acari
acarus8312192acarus
afeard1058262afeard
affairs1334162affairs
afire86215912afire
afore85818602afore
afters94717072afters
agar58726412agar_
agas55938842aga_s
agers65027852agers
airs46447422a_irs
ajar116217702ajar_
alans55636172alans
alar46340072alar_
alarm76621422alarm
alarms85913052alarms
alary86123442alary
alas46358122ala_s
alfas87219042alfa_s
altars64518152altars
amahs107819062amahs
amas67746292ama_s
amass77119682amass
amirs75924922amirs
anas46649862ana_s
anears63717182anears
apart74330672apart
apers76629132apers
araks94820882araks
arras55626132arras
ars37670932__ars
ataps76414832ataps
attars64515312attars
auras55932562auras
avers85127312avers
award97118042award
awards107113452awards
aware86420022aware
ayahs116813522ayahs
azans146516882azans
bars66564092_bars
bazars174613112bazars
bears75739042bears
boars75229602boars
cars67364762_cars
chars105936642chars
czars164812912czars
damars93815002damars
dears65736882dears
ears46356592_ears
fabs98635862_fabs
fads86939872_fads
fags86939122_fags
fairs85825442fairs
fans76247372_fans
far67762602_far_
fard85639062_fard
fards96629842_fards
fare76354462_fare
fares85852872_fares
farl76338552_farl
farls85731112_farls
farm95934532_farm
farms106324952_farms
faro76136922_faro
faros85532022_faros
fart76860562_fart
farts88336842_farts
fas68262932_fa_s
fats76252502_fats
fays108535362_fays
fears84829392fears
fiars86720832fiars
firs76637712_firs
furs76735042_furs
gars55750742_gars
gazars164811552gazars
gears64628692gears
gnars66718852gnars
guars65021052guars
haars85620472haars
hears86737372hears
hoars85925552hoars
izars145112932izars
jars117338352_jars
kabars124513952kabars
kafirs13306982kafirs
kbars114612602kbars
knars94416112knars
kyars124813962kyars
lahars94013162lahars
lars46956572_lars
lazars153812392lazars
lears55938732lears
liars54723162liars
maars74621632maars
makars124612632makars
malars85020682malars
mars66261872_mars
navars92810572navars
nears55529422nears
oars46846032_oars
ofays11488922ofays
pars67560792_pars
pears75138612pears
radars71314672radars
rears54739652rears
roars55622242roars
safari91110222safari
safaris101110662safaris
scars75433532scars
sears54744912sears
soars54732512soars
sofars94712782sofars
spars75431542spars
stars55836572stars
talars66021682talars
tars46763952_tars
tatars64619792tatars
tears55436462tears
tsars56717112tsars
tzars144914272tzars
vars75742072_vars
wafers124316142wafers
wars78659802_wars
wears86030302wears
years84527672years
zaffars22325232zaffars

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit538001352.29623432.1
3Display Results1351350.0462934.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911352.99859603.4
 
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