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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 “serac” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

78 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
serac7592520(None) 
sera46141391sera_
seracs84418571seracs
serai56830161serai
seral56336381seral
ceric94023092ceric
derat65044082derat
deray95024182deray
era35741502_era_
eras45441502_eras
feral85424652feral
gerah9315302gerah
merc87225622mer_c
rerack122513162rerack
reran57329102reran
sac57452862s__ac
saran53730302saran
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
sea36161292se_a_
seal45654372se_al
seam66645972se_am
sear47353842se_ar
search113312422search
sears54744912sears
seas45755272se_as
seat47575562se_at
sec55945322se__c
sedan65620422sedan
selah8319612selah
sepal77723002sepal
sepic94617052sepic
ser36752402ser__
serail64222672serail
serais64326132serais
serape84818412serape
seraph114011162seraph
serdab937832serdab
sere46153472ser_e
sered65737292sered
serer55935512serer
seres55448892seres
serf76340112ser_f
serfs84922012serfs
serge64727472serge
serial64625862serial
serif84132132serif
serin55434442serin
serow86720442serow
serry84824122serry
sers45746652ser_s
serum75223472serum
serval93913412serval
serve85425962serve
servo84516682servo
seta45637312seta_
setae56026222setae
setal56430902setal
sewan85921292sewan
sewar85421102sewar
sora45746912sora_
soras55041012soras
sprag86418692sprag
sprat76635972sprat
spray106720062spray
steric8317062steric
strap77925262strap
straw813321292straw
stray88525572stray
sumac99514882sumac
sura45740292sura_
surah86823252surah
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
terai53525482terai
vera76828842vera_
xeric144315662xeric

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800781.65332546.9
3Display Results78780.0164875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691781.96990752.2
 
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