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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forshark” 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.

15 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
shark12622502(None) 
chark144222711chark
hark115237391_hark
sark84938971s_ark
shack145321751shack
shank125422191shank
shard96125961shard
share86437081share
sharks135019721sharks
sharn84823701sharn
sharp104922531sharp
shirk124817841shirk
snark95419941snark
spark114920891spark
stark95425621stark

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit28756150.57649923.6
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691150.672265909.2