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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 “hazard” 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.

36 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
hazard193840(None) 
hazards2037461hazards
mazard1838761mazard
award97118042_award
bayard124411662bayard
bazar163816002bazar_
bazars174613112bazars
canard9314762canard
gazar154612982gazar_
gazars164811552gazars
haar77323492ha_ar_
haars85620472ha_ars
haggard13377182haggard
halyard1476972halyard
hard85443502h__ard
hayward1736412hayward
hazan173813612haza_n
hazans183411652hazans
hazarded2243642hazarded
hazarder2143602hazarder
hazed185222202haz_ed
hazer174820232hazer_
hazers184615952hazers
heard95222752h_eard
hoard94918312h_oard
holard10410572holard
izzard15135242izzard
lazar144113642lazar_
lazars153812392lazars
lizard16369232lizard
mazards1937702mazards
mazzard1844462mazzard
tabard9313332tabard
vaward13498722vaward
vizard19458852vizard
wizard19377712wizard

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551365.46615102.6
3Display Results36360.360100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.18628886.4
 
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