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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 “chark” 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.

144 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
chark14422271(None) 
cark105539271c_ark
chalk144814601chalk
char95132151char_
chard116124741chard
chare105231981chare
charka154011701charka
charks155219701charks
charm126124661charm
charr104821781charr
chars105936641chars
chart105038281chart
chary135023131chary
chirk144516181chirk
hark115237391_hark
shark126225021shark
ark77044962__ark
bark106242152_bark
calk105527662c_alk
car59165562c_ar_
carb85143162c_arb
card710245872c_ard
care66968372c_are
carks115534212c_arks
carl65144782c_arl
carn66245432c_arn
carp85139812c_arp
carr65434702c_arr
cars67364762c_ars
cart66570342c_art
cask105626432c_ask
chabuk1734672chabuk
chad105525502cha_d
chadri1238142chadri
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chaff165016282chaff
chai95929902cha_i
chain105723672chain
chair105519632chair
chairs114916182chairs
chais107530312chais
chakra15437532chakra
chalks155412142chalks
chalky18468772chalky
cham115532312cha_m
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chao95727312cha_o
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492cha_p
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
charas114223612charas
chards125119732chards
chared125423692chared
chares115631802chares
charge125114212charge
charkas164810962charkas
charked174814012charked
charkha19405152charkha
charms135218842charms
charro114212952charro
charrs115219192charrs
charry145012112charry
charts115823092charts
chase105127122chase
chasm125518792chasm
chat95546132cha_t
chats105730092chats
chaw126224632cha_w
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872cha_y
chays135319742chays
check164714712check
cheek145115712cheek
chert105232102chert
chick165419132chick
chink145321592chink
chirks155414842chirks
chirm125317062chirm
chiro105320342chiro
chirp124717162chirp
chirr105015902chirr
chiru105317152chiru
chock164316612chock
chook146015042chook
chord115917262chord
chore105126762chore
chuck164814872chuck
chunk144812382chunk
churl105913882churl
churn105113102churn
churr104512852churr
clack134720172clack
clank114719522clank
claro75018692claro
clary105719612clary
clerk115812452clerk
cork106635692c_ork
crack134120532crack
crank114819612crank
czar156013132czar_
czars164812912czars
dark95133212_dark
dhak125512032dha_k
echard1249222echard
hack135134542_hack
haik115526982_haik
hank115134142_hank
hard85443502_hard
hare76255732_hare
harks126333432_harks
harl75740002_harl
harm95637792_harm
harp96134292_harp
hart76865772_hart
hawk145521152_hawk
lark85733862_lark
mark105138062_mark
nark85230062_nark
park105237492_park
quark184614122quark
sark84938972_sark
shack145321752shack
shank125422192shank
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
sharks135019722sharks
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
shirk124817842shirk
snark95419942snark
spark114920892spark
stark95425622stark
thack144915172thack
thank125817802thank
tharm105916642tharm
wark115737772_wark
whack174813022whack
wharf14315822wharf

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 Limit538001441.71631352.0
3Display Results1441440.0334363.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911442.06286659.1
 
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