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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scarfed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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75 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 Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
scarfed	13	47	1118	(None)
scared	9	52	2729	1	scar_ed
scarfer	12	45	1108	1	scarfer
scarped	12	43	1440	1	scarped
scarred	10	45	1263	1	scarred
scarted	10	48	1612	1	scarted
snarfed	11	37	875	1	snarfed
ascared	10	39	952	2	ascar_ed
barfed	12	54	1638	2	_barfed
carded	10	54	2490	2	_carded
cared	8	60	5009	2	_car_ed
caried	9	45	2869	2	_caried
carked	13	40	2482	2	_carked
carped	11	59	2376	2	_carped
carted	9	86	3144	2	_carted
carved	12	43	2085	2	_carved
dwarfed	15	3	348	2	dwarfed
escarped	13	5	516	2	escarped
sacred	9	49	1710	2	sacr_ed
scabbed	14	40	822	2	scabbed
scalded	11	40	976	2	scalded
scaled	9	48	2244	2	sca_led
scalped	12	44	1199	2	scalped
scammed	14	47	954	2	scammed
scamped	14	47	1196	2	scamped
scanned	10	41	1089	2	scanned
scanted	10	41	1439	2	scanted
scaped	11	55	1955	2	sca_ped
scarce	10	40	1363	2	scarce_
scarcer	11	39	1137	2	scarcer
scare	7	53	3446	2	scar_e_
scarer	8	45	2461	2	scar_er
scares	8	50	3300	2	scar_es
scarey	11	50	1698	2	scar_ey
scarf	10	54	2714	2	scarf__
scarfers	13	40	846	2	scarfers
scarfs	11	47	1468	2	scarf_s
scarier	9	40	1787	2	scarier
scarified	15	4	729	2	scarified
scarlet	9	15	1694	2	scarlet
scarper	11	48	1482	2	scarper
scarphed	16	3	544	2	scarphed
scarves	12	45	1162	2	scarves
scathed	13	40	1264	2	scathed
scatted	10	35	1277	2	scatted
sclaffed	17	10	267	2	sclaffed
scoffed	16	26	618	2	scoffed
scored	9	46	2113	2	scor_ed
scorned	10	22	995	2	scorned
scraped	12	43	1313	2	scraped
screed	9	57	1893	2	sc_reed
scried	9	58	1730	2	sc_ried
scuffed	16	29	824	2	scuffed
seared	7	52	3284	2	sear_ed
shared	10	58	2906	2	shar_ed
sharked	15	36	1391	2	sharked
sharped	13	41	1205	2	sharped
smarted	10	50	1261	2	smarted
snared	7	48	2455	2	snar_ed
snarled	8	36	1236	2	snarled
soared	7	43	2429	2	soar_ed
spared	9	54	2749	2	spar_ed
sparged	11	35	1276	2	sparged
sparked	14	35	1314	2	sparked
sparred	10	45	1286	2	sparred
staffed	14	29	828	2	staffed
stared	7	54	2987	2	star_ed
starred	8	50	1345	2	starred
started	8	42	1732	2	started
starved	11	49	1157	2	starved
strafed	11	44	1333	2	strafed
surfed	10	38	1446	2	s_urfed
swarded	12	3	815	2	swarded
swarmed	13	6	748	2	swarmed
wharfed	17	3	441	2	wharfed

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	75	3.126	34443.7
3	Display Results	75	75	0.030	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	75	3.529	50635.0