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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 “alcazars” 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.

31 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
alcazars194296(None) 
alcazar1843451alcazar_
lazars153812392_l_azars
albatas938373albata_s
alcades101011473alca_des
alcaics1137023alca_ics
alcaides11117673alcaides
alcaldes11114983alcaldes
alcaydes14133723alcaydes
alegars838933al_egars
allayers11156633allayers
allobars1046583allobars
almanacs1254443almanacs
almemars1243523almemars
alpacas1137073alpaca_s
altars64518153al__tars
avatars1036443a_vatars
bazars174613113__bazars
blazers184811683bl_azers
calamars1238133cal_amars
calcars11312653calc__ars
calcspars1542633calcspars
czars164812913__c_zars
gazars164811553__gazars
glazers174410043gl_azers
jacamars1944003jacamars
lacunars10114733lacunars
lahars94013163_l_ahars
lazar144113643_l_azar_
plazas17409913pl_aza_s
scalars93711903_scalars

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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162317.84318636.0
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691318.28321573.2
 
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