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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 “hares” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
hares8625554(None) 
ares45871021_ares
bares75457131bares
cares77369181cares
chares115631801chares
dares66146701dares
fares85852871fares
hades96035111hades
haeres94017031haeres
haes77651021ha_es
hajes155420941hajes
hakes126034301hakes
hales85449841hales
hames106138701hames
hards96435651hards
hare76255731hare_
hared95742181hared
harem104924451harem
harems115513821harems
harks126333431harks
harls85634501harls
harms106829011harms
harps105926861harps
harts88441591harts
hates86742571hates
haves116034871haves
hazes174928321hazes
heres86245901heres
hires86134341hires
lares54852631lares
mares76457631mares
nares55544151nares
pares77164481pares
rares55247441rares
shares95236411shares
tares57456561tares
wares88250581wares

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit28756370.56051350.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691370.686260482.5
 
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