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

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

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
scares8503300(None) 
cares77369181_cares
scales84529311scales
scapes105122261scapes
scare75334461scare_
scared95227291scared
scarer84524601scarer
scarers94618501scarers
scarey115016981scarey
scarfs114714681scarfs
scarps104718601scarps
scars75433531scar_s
scarts85321491scarts
scarves124511621scarves
scores84725921scores
shares95236411shares
snares65329031snares
spares84834551spares
stares66038751stares

Search took 2 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 Filter178691487550.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit48755191.54631536.2
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691191.639109024.4