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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 “pharaoh” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

63 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
pharaoh154503(None) 
pharaohs1644491pharaohs
paraph13311262p_araph
pharos11312062phar_os
bharal1138893bhara_l
bharals1236733bharals
chalah143511663chala_h
charade13129913charade
charas114223613chara_s
chariot12316213chariot
charpoy1735713charpoy
charro114212953charro_
charros124312143charros
gherao1036753gherao_
harass9313943_harass
harbor11410723_harbor
harlot94422803_harlot
harrow122610773_harrow
harsh116418053_har_sh
horah117922053_hora_h
para65242173p_ara__
parade94720643p_arade
parador103311413p_arador
parados103816053p_arados
paradox17358173p_aradox
parae76335703p_ara_e
paragon10311023p_aragon
paramo102614643p_aramo
paramos113213513p_aramos
parang93715513p_arang
paraphs1439313p_araphs
paras76143043p_ara_s
parasol939553p_arasol
parch125123003p_ar_ch
pardah123412823p_ardah
pardon94618733p_ardon
pareo74632603p_areo_
pareos87023773p_areos
pargo86723723p_argo_
pargos95719043p_argos
pariah114320583p_ariah
parish115022353p_arish
parlor8312673p_arlor
parol74826273p_ar_ol
parrot8320663p_arrot
parson83817903p_arson
parton84720993p_arton
parvo107719183p_arvo_
parvos116614753p_arvos
pearlash1344133pearlash
phaeton1235973phaeton
phalanx1945203phalanx
phantom1436693phantom
pharaonic1645763pharaonic
pharmacy2043243pharmacy
pharynx2241813pharynx
phorate12413363phorate
phrase11109903ph_rase
prao66229023p__rao_
praos74923563p__raos
shadrach1743973shadrach
shariah132210533shariah
thrash12258363th_rash

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027635.92022639.7
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691636.35928100.5
 
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