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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 “pharaohs” 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.

49 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
pharaohs164449(None) 
pharaoh1545031pharaoh_
paraphs1439312p_araphs
pharos11312062phar_o_s
bharals1236733bhara_ls
chalahs15289883chala_hs
charades141310853charades
charas114223613chara__s
charases131312763charases
chariots1339393chariots
charpoys1834533charpoys
charros124312143charro_s
gheraoes1244813gheraoes
harass9313943_hara_ss
harbors12412413_harbors
harlots103413293_harlots
harrows132611033_harrows
horahs126313873_hora_hs
parades104121463p_arades
paradors113411903p_aradors
parados103816053p_arados
paragons11311503p_aragons
paramos113213513p_aramos
parangs104314373p_arangs
paraph13311263p_araph_
paras76143043p_ara__s
parasols1039263p_arasols
pardahs13289673p_ardahs
pardons103817623p_ardons
pareos87023773p_areo_s
pargos95719043p_argo_s
pariahs123812343p_ariahs
parlors9312913p_arlors
parlous9414293p_arlous
parols84722613p_ar_ols
parous84024163p_ar_ous
parrots9312743p_arrots
parsons93516873p_arsons
partons94620513p_artons
parvos116614753p_arvo_s
phaetons1345853phaetons
phantoms1545973phantoms
pharaonic1645763pharaonic
pharoses13310313pharoses
phorates13413043phorates
phrases12711463ph_rases
praos74923563p__rao_s
shadrachs1843303shadrachs
shariahs14206393shariahs

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162497.47019566.5
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.93922508.0
 
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