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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 “array” 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.

69 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
array8631715(None) 
arras55626141arras
arrays95311681arrays
aery77231682aer_y
affray1534972affray
airway1237692airway
airy75734162air_y
alary86123442alary
allay85620392allay
alway116113922alway
arak86929582a_rak
area45843402area_
areae55229752areae
areal55928742areal
areas55935792areas
argal65023402argal
arhat8327102arhat
aria46245432aria_
ariary94114202ariary
arias55438042arias
army96624192a_rmy
arrack121110252arrack
arrant6623252arrant
arrayal1055842arrayal
arrayed11117162arrayed
arrayer10136702arrayer
arrear6310252arrear
arris56824682arris
arrow83414892arrow
arrowy12288282arrowy
arroyo936962arroyo
artal55525482artal
artsy86012962artsy
arty77531312a_rty
arval86017022arval
assay8710282assay
astray95615542astray
aura45836252aura_
aurae54128112aurae
aural54428962aural
aurar54420252aurar
auras55932562auras
away108024222a_way
awry107619682awr_y
bray95232902_bray
carry105823782carr_y
deray95024182deray
dray85428092_dray
foray115023972foray
fray105428902_fray
gray85329892_gray
harry115322952harr_y
hurray12459912hurray
jarrah1636692jarrah
margay12310602margay
marram10313892marram
marry104821692marr_y
moray105423792moray
orfray1234392orfray
orra46120722orra_
parlay113714002parlay
parral85517542parral
parry105323752parr_y
pray96331532_pray
ray66361992__ray
spray106720062spray
stray88525572stray
tarry85422512tarr_y
tray77632592_tray

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800691.76630464.3
3Display Results69690.0164312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691692.09585294.0
 
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