Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
lard	5	67	4200	(None)
bard	7	56	4886	1	bard
card	7	102	4587	1	card
fard	8	56	3906	1	fard
hard	8	54	4350	1	hard
lad	4	81	6570	1	la_d
laid	5	64	3914	1	laid
laird	6	54	1779	1	laird
land	5	63	3730	1	land
lar	3	79	6753	1	lar_
lards	6	53	3186	1	lards
lardy	9	61	1927	1	lardy
lari	4	58	3915	1	lari
lark	8	57	3386	1	lark
lars	4	69	5657	1	lars
laud	5	65	2772	1	laud
liard	6	54	1859	1	liard
lord	5	50	3208	1	lord
lyard	9	51	1321	1	lyard
nard	5	66	3445	1	nard
pard	7	64	4132	1	pard
sard	5	53	4424	1	sard
ward	8	65	4225	1	ward
yard	8	56	3325	1	yard
ad	3	119	7503	2	_a_d
add	5	101	3236	2	_add
aid	4	92	6907	2	_aid
aland	6	55	2641	2	aland
alar	4	63	4007	2	alar_
alarm	7	66	2142	2	alarm
alary	8	61	2344	2	alary
and	4	72	4416	2	_and
ar	2	113	7938	2	_ar_
arb	5	104	4842	2	_arb
arc	5	102	5090	2	_arc
are	3	78	7457	2	_are
arf	6	74	5337	2	_arf
arid	5	76	4271	2	_arid
ark	7	70	4496	2	_ark
arm	5	84	4962	2	_arm
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
art	3	86	7914	2	_art
award	9	71	1804	2	award
bad	6	77	6315	2	ba_d
bald	7	64	3290	2	bald
band	7	67	4090	2	band
bar	5	80	7055	2	bar_
barb	8	52	4006	2	barb
barde	8	53	3077	2	barde
bards	8	71	3964	2	bards
bare	6	54	6052	2	bare
bared	8	51	4448	2	bared
barf	9	58	4440	2	barf
bark	10	62	4215	2	bark
barm	8	67	3960	2	barm
barn	6	64	4464	2	barn
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
baud	7	49	2842	2	baud
bawd	10	55	2084	2	bawd
beard	8	60	2496	2	beard
bird	7	61	2831	2	bird
bland	8	53	2045	2	bland
blare	7	58	2623	2	blare
blared	9	50	1824	2	blared
board	8	55	2300	2	board
brad	7	52	3434	2	brad
burd	7	55	3426	2	burd
cad	6	74	5636	2	ca_d
caid	7	78	3753	2	caid
caird	8	57	1723	2	caird
car	5	91	6556	2	car_
carb	8	51	4316	2	carb
cards	8	51	3793	2	cards
care	6	69	6837	2	care
cared	8	60	5009	2	cared
cark	10	55	3927	2	cark
carl	6	51	4478	2	carl
carn	6	62	4543	2	carn
carp	8	51	3981	2	carp
carr	6	54	3470	2	carr
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cart	6	65	7034	2	cart
chard	11	61	2474	2	chard
clad	7	62	2582	2	cla_d
claro	7	50	1869	2	claro
clary	10	57	1961	2	clary
cord	7	67	4092	2	cord
curd	7	76	3498	2	curd
dad	5	84	5616	2	da_d
darb	7	60	3353	2	darb
dare	5	58	4886	2	dare
dared	7	59	3501	2	dared
dark	9	51	3321	2	dark
darn	5	64	3462	2	darn
dart	5	58	5787	2	dart
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear_
eared	6	51	3950	2	eared
earl	4	58	3814	2	earl
earn	4	67	3755	2	earn
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
eland	6	58	2039	2	eland
fad	7	74	5241	2	fa_d
far	6	77	6260	2	far_
farad	9	57	2067	2	farad
fards	9	66	2984	2	fards
fare	7	63	5446	2	fare
fared	9	58	4234	2	fared
farl	7	63	3855	2	farl
farm	9	59	3453	2	farm
faro	7	61	3692	2	faro
fart	7	68	6056	2	fart
flare	8	48	2363	2	flare
flared	10	53	1760	2	flared
ford	8	68	3549	2	ford
gad	5	75	5665	2	ga_d
gaed	6	60	3151	2	gaed
gar	4	72	5990	2	gar_
garb	7	53	3267	2	garb
garda	7	3	1676	2	garda
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gaud	6	70	2543	2	gaud
gird	6	54	2499	2	gird
glad	6	56	2401	2	gla_d
gland	7	52	1771	2	gland
glare	6	52	2295	2	glare
glared	8	47	1519	2	glared
glary	9	60	1854	2	glary
grad	6	68	2986	2	grad
guard	7	44	1554	2	guard
had	7	76	5876	2	ha_d
haed	8	63	3858	2	haed
hand	8	68	3370	2	hand
hards	9	64	3565	2	hards
hardy	12	56	2206	2	hardy
hare	7	62	5573	2	hare
hared	9	57	4218	2	hared
hark	11	52	3739	2	hark
harl	7	57	4000	2	harl
harm	9	56	3779	2	harm
harp	9	61	3428	2	harp
hart	7	68	6577	2	hart
heard	9	52	2275	2	heard
herd	8	49	3306	2	herd
hoard	9	49	1831	2	hoard
holard	10	4	1057	2	holard
jar	10	76	4615	2	jar_
jarl	11	58	2813	2	jarl
jars	11	73	3835	2	jars
karn	8	61	2941	2	karn
kart	8	67	5080	2	kart
la	2	192	6163	2	la__
laari	5	44	1571	2	laari
lab	5	88	6478	2	la_b
labra	7	54	1546	2	labra
labs	6	71	4512	2	labs
lac	5	101	5582	2	la_c
lace	6	68	4847	2	lace
laced	8	71	3264	2	laced
lack	10	58	3768	2	lack
lacs	6	69	4248	2	lacs
lacy	9	58	2963	2	lacy
lade	5	63	4598	2	lade
laded	7	42	3261	2	laded
lads	5	65	4913	2	lads
lady	8	65	2715	2	lady
lag	4	78	6212	2	la_g
lags	5	65	4622	2	lags
laic	6	59	3156	2	laic
lain	4	61	4628	2	lain
lair	4	59	3415	2	lair
lairds	7	47	1161	2	lairds
laired	7	52	1681	2	laired
lairs	5	54	2587	2	lairs
lake	8	57	4160	2	lake
laked	10	57	3112	2	laked
lakh	11	49	1995	2	lakh
laky	11	67	2582	2	laky
lall	4	55	3131	2	lall
lam	5	76	6671	2	la_m
lama	6	66	3529	2	lama
lamb	8	68	3214	2	lamb
lame	6	68	4929	2	lame
lamed	8	52	3529	2	lamed
lamp	8	62	3382	2	lamp
lams	6	65	5226	2	lams
lands	6	54	2690	2	lands
lane	4	51	5332	2	lane
lang	5	66	3737	2	lang
lank	8	47	3444	2	lank
lap	5	85	6527	2	la_p
laps	6	68	4887	2	laps
larch	10	59	1979	2	larch
larded	8	43	1909	2	larded
larder	7	37	2097	2	larder
lardon	7	44	1506	2	lardon
laree	5	60	3629	2	laree
lares	5	48	5263	2	lares
large	6	53	2546	2	large
largo	6	53	1978	2	largo
laris	5	47	3746	2	laris
larked	11	45	1947	2	larked
larks	9	52	2781	2	larks
larky	12	52	1887	2	larky
larum	7	43	1797	2	larum
larva	8	3	1248	2	larva
las	3	72	8147	2	la_s
lase	4	61	4851	2	lase
lased	6	51	3234	2	lased
lash	7	65	3965	2	lash
lass	4	74	4454	2	lass
last	4	62	6032	2	last
lat	3	75	9340	2	la_t
late	4	75	6048	2	late
lated	6	52	4067	2	lated
lath	7	66	4038	2	lath
lati	4	64	3827	2	lati
lats	4	59	6270	2	lats
latu	4	79	3418	2	latu
lauds	6	56	1848	2	lauds
laura	5	41	1620	2	laura
lav	6	68	4734	2	la_v
lava	7	67	2542	2	lava
lave	7	56	4214	2	lave
laved	9	50	2859	2	laved
lavs	7	67	3415	2	lavs
law	6	86	5664	2	la_w
lawed	9	60	2832	2	lawed
lawn	7	59	2563	2	lawn
laws	7	64	4168	2	laws
lax	10	76	5152	2	la_x
lay	6	88	6535	2	la_y
layed	9	51	2738	2	layed
lays	7	60	4325	2	lays
laze	13	62	3505	2	laze
lazed	15	49	2584	2	lazed
lazy	16	64	2307	2	lazy
lead	5	60	3885	2	lead
lear	4	70	4595	2	lear_
learn	5	53	2266	2	learn
lears	5	59	3873	2	lears
leary	8	59	2738	2	leary
led	4	62	5455	2	l_ed
lend	5	62	3367	2	lend
leud	5	72	2342	2	leud
lewd	8	57	1659	2	lewd
liar	4	72	2968	2	liar_
liards	7	52	1261	2	liards
liars	5	47	2316	2	liars
lid	4	74	5351	2	l_id
lied	5	58	3809	2	lied
lira	4	69	2868	2	lira
lire	4	78	4529	2	lire
liri	4	51	2825	2	liri
lizard	16	36	923	2	lizard
load	5	67	3060	2	load
loid	5	55	3148	2	loid
lords	6	49	2350	2	lords
lore	4	58	5035	2	lore
lorn	4	64	3525	2	lorn
lory	7	59	3171	2	lory
loud	5	52	2804	2	loud
lure	4	51	4246	2	lure
lured	6	54	2749	2	lured
lurid	6	46	1897	2	lurid
lurk	8	66	2416	2	lurk
lyart	8	51	2188	2	lyart
lyre	7	56	2379	2	lyre
mad	6	89	5870	2	ma_d
maid	7	55	3763	2	maid
mar	5	79	6594	2	mar_
mara	6	74	4456	2	mara
marc	8	70	3462	2	marc
mare	6	47	5932	2	mare
mark	10	51	3805	2	mark
marl	6	63	4161	2	marl
mars	6	62	6186	2	mars
mart	6	68	6597	2	mart
maud	7	53	2539	2	maud
narc	6	71	2795	2	narc
nards	6	59	2846	2	nards
nark	8	52	3006	2	nark
nary	7	69	3122	2	nary
nerd	5	66	2494	2	nerd
nurd	5	62	2434	2	nurd
oar	3	70	5795	2	oar_
oared	6	50	3065	2	oared
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
orad	5	60	3169	2	orad
pad	6	80	5732	2	pa_d
paid	7	57	3748	2	paid
par	5	74	6702	2	par_
para	6	52	4217	2	para
pardi	8	57	2395	2	pardi
pards	8	56	3433	2	pards
pardy	11	55	2395	2	pardy
pare	6	67	6084	2	pare
pared	8	69	4676	2	pared
park	10	52	3749	2	park
parr	6	57	3115	2	parr
pars	6	75	6079	2	pars
part	6	59	6746	2	part
plaid	8	51	1830	2	plaid
qaid	14	60	2384	2	qaid
rad	4	76	6200	2	ra_d
raid	5	52	4307	2	raid
rand	5	58	3956	2	rand
rare	4	53	4843	2	rare
rared	6	57	3832	2	rared
sad	4	74	5920	2	sa_d
said	5	57	4211	2	said
sand	5	53	3846	2	sand
sards	6	47	3618	2	sards
sari	4	54	4404	2	sari
sark	8	49	3897	2	sark
sarod	6	53	2587	2	sarod
shard	9	61	2596	2	shard
sord	5	62	3720	2	sord
surd	5	64	3381	2	surd
sward	9	42	2146	2	sward
tad	4	79	5982	2	ta_d
tar	3	75	7069	2	tar_
tardo	6	53	2110	2	tardo
tardy	9	47	2046	2	tardy
tare	4	59	5762	2	tare
tared	6	93	4005	2	tared
tarn	4	68	4272	2	tarn
taro	4	68	4691	2	taro
tarp	6	69	3641	2	tarp
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tart	4	75	6618	2	tart
trad	5	56	3091	2	trad
turd	5	60	2762	2	turd
urd	4	64	2704	2	_urd
var	6	61	4833	2	var_
vara	7	55	3088	2	vara
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vary	10	52	2606	2	vary
wad	7	70	5389	2	wa_d
wand	8	58	3387	2	wand
war	6	72	6242	2	war_
wards	9	77	3440	2	wards
ware	7	62	5472	2	ware
wared	9	63	3987	2	wared
wark	11	57	3777	2	wark
warm	9	59	3567	2	warm
warn	7	52	3932	2	warn
warp	9	56	3500	2	warp
wars	7	86	5980	2	wars
wart	7	78	6608	2	wart
wary	10	67	4001	2	wary
word	8	98	3200	2	word
yaird	9	61	1191	2	yaird
yald	8	69	2060	2	yald
yar	6	72	5383	2	yar_
yards	9	53	2461	2	yards
yare	7	56	3694	2	yare
yarn	7	52	3004	2	yarn
yaud	8	70	2008	2	yaud
yird	8	70	1898	2	yird
zarf	16	69	2912	2	zarf

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	360	1.060	28181.1
3	Display Results	360	360	0.080	4500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	360	1.250	142952.8