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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 “sharif” 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.

42 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
sharif12291711(None) 
sharia93116721sharia
sharifs13279901sharifs
sherif122915231sherif
khalif1657832khalif
sari45444042s_ari_
sarin55239252s_arin
saris54544952s_aris
scarf105427142scar_f
scarify1537442scarify
serif84132122s_erif
shaduf1337062shaduf
shaird10288702shaird
shairn9269062shairn
shard96125962shar_d
shards104319172shards
share86437082shar_e
shared105829062shared
sharer95025482sharer
shares95236412shares
shariah132210532shariah
sharias102516002sharias
sharing113723242sharing
shark126225022shar_k
sharks135019722sharks
sharn84823702shar_n
sharns95516982sharns
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532shar_p
sharpie1238382sharpie
sharps115516082sharps
sharpy145211032sharpy
shavie124312412shavie
sheriff16287692sheriff
sherifs13299682sherifs
shri76021692sh_ri_
shrift12413542sh_rift
shris84221442sh_ris
snarf86525422snar_f
sparid94016932sparid
swarf115324652swar_f
wharf14315822whar_f

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551422.25036689.3
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.37675206.6
 
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