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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpharmacy” 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.

19 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
pharmacy204324(None) 
charlady1743403charlady
dharma1276103dharma__
dharmas1356513dharma_s
dharmic1535023dharmic_
harmony1538173_harmony
palmary14338553p_almary
papacy1547493p_a_pacy
parlay113713993p_arla_y
pearmain1245833pearmain
phantasy1643463phantasy
pharaoh1545033phar_aoh
pharmacies1945783pharmacies
pharmacist1975783pharmacist
pharming16248143pharming
piracy1339473p_ir_acy
primacy1635603p_rimacy
tarmac10310333_tarmac_
tarmacs1138323_tarmacs

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.450397091.1
2DLD Change Limit146162197.76618820.8
3Display Results19190.0161187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691198.23221706.9