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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 “shard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

185 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
shard9612596(None) 
chard116124741chard
hard85443501_hard
sard55344241s_ard
shad86230911sha_d
shaird10288701shaird
shards104319171shards
share86437081share
shared105829061shared
shark126225021shark
sharn84823701sharn
sharp104922531sharp
sherd96321151sherd
sward94221461sward
award97118042award
bard75648862_bard
beard86024962beard
board85523002board
card710245872_card
chad105525502cha_d
char95132152char_
chards125119732chards
chare105231982chare
chared125423692chared
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chord115917262chord
echard1249222echard
fard85639062_fard
guard74415542guard
had77658762_ha_d
haed86338582_haed
hand86833712_hand
hards96435652_hards
hardy125622062_hardy
hare76255732_hare
hared95742182_hared
hark115237392_hark
harl75740002_harl
harm95637792_harm
harp96134292_harp
hart76865772_hart
heard95222752heard
herd84933062_herd
hoard94918312hoard
lard56742002_lard
liard65418592liard
lyard95113212lyard
nard56634452_nard
pard76441322_pard
sad47459202s_a_d
said55742112s_aid
sand55338472s_and
sards64736182s_ards
sari45444042s_ari
sark84938972s_ark
sarod65325872s_arod
scad75725772sca_d
scald84818122scald
scar66434202scar_
scare75334462scare
scared95227292scared
scarf105427142scarf
scarp95724102scarp
scars75433532scars
scart76139772scart
scary105222592scary
sear47353842sear_
seared75232842seared
sears54744912sears
sha69837782sha__
shack145321752shack
shade95125582shade
shaded114518872shaded
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shaft115725262shaft
shag86430562sha_g
shags95123862shags
shah105627782sha_h
shahs115919512shahs
shairds11216262shairds
shairn9269062shairn
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shaky154616842shaky
shale85332832shale
shaled105023952shaled
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
sham96436362sha_m
shame105726702shame
shamed125120212shamed
shams105829412shams
shandy134710032shandy
shank125422192shank
shape105125112shape
shaped125020102shaped
sharer95025482sharer
shares95236412shares
sharia93116732sharia
sharif122917122sharif
sharked153613912sharked
sharks135019722sharks
sharns95516982sharns
sharny124711832sharny
sharped134112052sharped
sharps115516082sharps
sharpy145211032sharpy
shat76456602sha_t
shaul85418102shaul
shave114425892shave
shaved135118382shaved
shaw108132552sha_w
shawed134817232shawed
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shay107133342sha_y
shays116021432shays
shear85424832shear_
sheared114516002sheared
shears93820902shears
shed86536152sh_ed
shend94719972shend
sherds105614722sherds
shied96125492shied
shire84727132shire
shirk124817842shirk
shirr84716922shirr
shirt84533902shirt
shod86225062sh_od
shoed95723012shoed
shore85432652shore
shored105723652shored
shorl84720252shorl
shorn85722182shorn
short85040532short
shred98125612shred
shri76021702sh_ri
skald104210172skald
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
snare54429982snare
snared74824552snared
snarf86525422snarf
snark95419942snark
snarl54921082snarl
soar46838672soar_
soared74324292soared
soars54732512soars
sord56237202s_ord
spaed85522272spaed
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
spared95427492spared
sparid94016932sparid
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
staid66722082staid
stand65923282stand
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stared75429872stared
stark95425622stark
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
surd56433812s_urd
swards105415132swards
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218832swarm
swart86234642swart
sword95214112sword
tharm105916642tharm
third95912492third
ward86542252_ward
wharf14315822wharf
yard85633252_yard

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001851.73331044.4
3Display Results1851850.0464021.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911851.87295454.6
 
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