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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 “sharker” 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.

99 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
sharker14431381(None) 
shaker134319461sha_ker
sharer95025481shar_er
sharked153613911sharked
sharkers154011051sharkers
sharper124312701sharper
shirker143711341shirker
sparker133914361sparker
starker114114691starker
barker124822862_barker
charger133914062charger
charier124317902charier
charked174814012charked
charmer144913662charmer
charter123918302charter
chirker16429322chirker
darker114718692_darker
hacker154822692_hacker
hanker134622092_hanker
harder105022402_harder
harked145422552_harked
harken135116342_harken
harmer114719552_harmer
harper115018402_harper
hawker164812662_hawker
larker104519242_larker
marker124420392_marker
parker124121372_parker
sacker125124842s_acker
saker95132022s_a_ker
sarkier113413312s_arkier
scarcer113911372scarcer
scarer84524612scar_er
scarfer124511082scarfer
scarier94017872scarier
scarper114814822scarper
searer65432022sear_er
shacked174015392shacked
shackler17317972shackler
shader104218762sha_der
shadier113111152shadier
shake124726402sha_ke_
shaken134113612sha_ken
shakers144015562sha_kers
shakes135024592sha_kes
shakier143411152shakier
shalier103116422shalier
shammer144613142shammer
shanked153212122shanked
shaper114119932sha_per
share86437082shar_e_
shared105829062shar_ed
sharers104720622shar_ers
shares95236412shar_es
shark126225022shark__
sharks135019722shark_s
sharped134112052sharped
sharpen12389722sharpen
sharpers133810942sharpers
shatter103615702shatter
shaver123718912sha_ver
shearer104414682shear_er
shicker163914822shicker
shikker13277022shikker
shirked153710462shirked
shirkers15319582shirkers
shocker163411432shocker
shorter103515502shorter
shucker163710102shucker
skanker10268482skanker
slacker133915292slacker
slaker104219272sla_ker
smacker153410582smacker
smarter94113132smarter
smirker13327422smirker
snacker133112602snacker
snarer64620842snar_er
snarkier12336512snarkier
snarler73610632snarler
soaker105717532soa_ker
soarer64522242soar_er
spanker133612352spanker
sparer84524962spar_er
sparger103613082sparger
sparked143513142sparked
sparkers144111312sparkers
sparkier14298032sparkier
sparkler14317982sparkler
sparser94311482sparser
stacker134416262stacker
stalker113912252stalker
starer64027362star_er
starkers123712392starkers
starter73817882starter
starver104611992starver
swanker14369482swanker
swarmer1247802swarmer
thanker14309592thanker
whacker19368502whacker

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671993.44031299.7
3Display Results99990.0462152.2
 (SQL Overall)178691993.85946305.0
 
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