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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 “crab” 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.

192 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
crab8572767(None) 
cab78355401c_ab
carb85143161carb
crabs95421391crabs
crag75625301crag
cram85635491cram
crap85731841crap
craw97725261craw
crib86323581crib
drab76226451drab
grab75427611grab
ab410674762__ab
arak86929572arak
arb510448422ar_b
barb85240062barb
blab86629132blab
bra56339462bra_
brad75234342brad
brae65639112brae
brag75229722brag
bran65740382bran
bras65746452bras
brat66055542brat
braw94829562braw
bray95232902bray
cabs86739422c_abs
cad67456362c_ad
cam78058982c_am
can57760142c_an
cap76758982c_ap
car59165562c_ar
carat75048792carat
carbo94923842carbo
carbs96031462carbs
card710245872card
care66968372care
cark105539272cark
carl65144782carl
carn66245432carn
carob95325222carob
carp85139812carp
carr65434702carr
cars67364762cars
cart66570342cart
cat58282342c_at
caw86647932c_aw
cay87155982c_ay
chad105525502chad
chai95929902chai
cham115532312cham
chao95727312chao
chap114928492chap
char95132152char
chat95546132chat
chaw126224632chaw
chay124924872chay
chub115516412chub
ciao64924182ciao
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
claw95624342claw
clay95927412clay
club85819472club
coal66939252coal
coat67558352coat
coax136922982coax
cob710258752c_ob
cobb106422002cobb
comb106632112comb
coral76033452coral
craal74117752craal
crabby15346752crabby
crack134120532crack
craft105327662craft
crags85622572crags
crake114823522crake
crambe1239072crambe
crambo1238042crambo
cramp115120692cramp
crams96229152crams
crane75331602crane
crank114819612crank
crape96128442crape
craps95328642craps
crash109120012crash
crass76328042crass
crate76537402crate
crave105626312crave
crawl104916712crawl
craws105723122craws
craze165221462craze
crazy195511222crazy
creak115418432creak
cream95721352cream
cred76530882cred
crew96122682crew
cribs94516752cribs
cris66233432cris
crit65743712crit
croak115216632croak
croc85723732croc
crop87628632crop
crow96428132crow
cru57129562cr_u
crud75219612crud
crumb114313592crumb
crus65828482crus
crux135415002crux
cry89726242cr_y
cub76940942c_ub
curb86732222curb
cyan96419622cyan
czar156013132czar
dab67455562_dab
darb76033532darb
drabs85119672drabs
drag64825052drag
dram75832002dram
drat56247832drat
draw85623012draw
dray85428092dray
drib76823262drib
drub75920132drub
era35741502era_
eras45441502eras
fab87453132_fab
flab96628352flab
frae75330472frae
frag85126272frag
frap95925812frap
frat75648542frat
fray105428902fray
gab67155992_gab
garb75332672garb
grabs85719692grabs
grad66829862grad
gram77034582gram
gran56335012gran
grat55651282grat
gray85329892gray
grub77220082grub
jab128444112_jab
kab97145852_kab
lab58864782_lab
nab56954922_nab
ora37250832ora_
orad56031692orad
oral47638122oral
orb55736862or_b
pram85733492pram
prao66229022prao
prat65952042prat
prau66529472prau
pray96331532pray
rad47662002_rad
rag45761322_rag
rah68052402_rah
rai37658222_rai
raj105740222_raj
ram56867272_ram
ran38266622_ran
rap56261962_rap
ras37575392_ras
rat37892742_rat
raw67252252_raw
rax108445722_rax
ray66361992_ray
reb55844962_reb
rib56848032_rib
rob56754302_rob
rub56342822_rub
sab56563202_sab
scab85926712scab
scarab10310062scarab
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
scrub94914202scrub
slab67133762slab
stab67329932stab
swab96825312swab
tab57460322_tab
trad55630912trad
tram67034552tram
trap67532802trap
tray77632592tray
urb55731112ur_b
wab87051832_wab
wrap96821972wrap

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298721920.85634897.2
3Display Results1921920.0503840.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911921.202148661.4
 
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