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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 “arrays” 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.

47 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
arrays9531168(None) 
arras55626131arra_s
array86317141array_
affrays1644062affrays
airways1336242airways
allays94313742allays
always12409132always
araks94820882a_raks
areas55935772area_s
argals75517712argals
arhats9312972arhats
arias55438022aria_s
arrack121110252arrack
arracks1387732arracks
arrant6623252arrant
arrases71214542arrases
arrayal1055842arrayal
arrayals1154482arrayals
arrayed11117152arrayed
arrayer10136702arrayer
arrayers11125852arrayers
arrears738842arrears
arris56824682arr_is
arrows92813482arrows
arroyo936962arroyo
arroyos1036532arroyos
assays977902assays
auras55932562aura_s
brays106723112_brays
derays105514252derays
drays95819772_drays
forays124813002forays
frays116920102_frays
grays95621332_grays
hurrays13386152hurrays
jarrahs1735452jarrahs
margays1337492margays
marrams11310122marrams
morays114613882morays
orfrays1343532orfrays
parlays123910452parlays
parrals94414572parrals
prays105022432_prays
rays77642352__rays
sprays115913642sprays
strays96417932strays
trays85623432_trays

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551472.40634310.5
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691472.76264696.2
 
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