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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 “chair” 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.

113 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
chair10551963(None) 
chai95929901chai_
chain105723671chain
chairs114916181chairs
chais107530311chais
char95132151cha_r
charr104821781charr
choir105313601choir
hair76330141_hair
air38058392__air
cahier113615772cahier
caid77837532c_aid
cain65643912c_ain
caird85717232c_aird
cairn75717512c_airn
car59165562c_a_r
carr65434702c_arr
chad105525502cha_d
chadar1239352chadar
chador1238672chador
chadri1238142chadri
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chafer144714572chafer
chaff165016282chaff
chaine115119222chaine
chains114819702chains
chaired134211242chaired
chaise114916412chaise
chakra15437532chakra
chalk144814602chalk
cham115532312cha_m
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chao95727312cha_o
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492cha_p
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
charier124317902charier
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charro114212952charro
charrs115219192charrs
charry145012112charry
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chase105127122chase
chaser114918382chaser
chasm125518792chasm
chat95546132cha_t
chats105730092chats
chaw126224632cha_w
chawer144314412chawer
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872cha_y
chays135319742chays
cheer105420382cheer
chi86228652ch_i_
chia96026622ch_ia
chiao105618362chiao
chias104625522chias
chic115925202ch_ic
chid106626402ch_id
chin96934742ch_in
chip116726422ch_ip
chirk144516182ch_irk
chirm125317062ch_irm
chiro105320342ch_iro
chirp124717162ch_irp
chirr105015902chirr
chiru105317152ch_iru
chis95933312ch_is
chit96937462ch_it
choirs114911882choirs
churr104512852churr
claim95616912claim
cochair1446312cochair
coheir1137582coheir
coir66327242c_oir
czar156013132cza_r
deair65817192deair
eclair836812eclair
fair76332522_fair
flair86114122flair
glair65313552glair
haar77323492_haar
haik115526982_haik
hail74839062_hail
hairs86225172_hairs
hairy115316832_hairy
heir77523802_heir
lair45934152_lair
mair66133782_mair
mohair1135202mohair
pair66031512_pair
shaird10288702shaird
shairn9269062shairn
stair54719942stair
thairm1156962thairm
their85512152their
thir76420542th_ir
unchair1236162unchair
unhair937332unhair
vair75624142_vair
wair75830052_wair
whir105519282wh_ir

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit538001132.36022796.6
3Display Results1131130.0303766.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911132.71665792.0
 
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