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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 “snark” 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.

123 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
snark9541994(None) 
nark85230061_nark
sark84938971s_ark
shark126225021shark
snack114718061snack
snare54429981snare
snarf86525421snarf
snarks104815731snarks
snarky134210841snarky
snarl54921081snarl
spark114920891spark
stark95425621stark
ark77044962__ark
bark106242152_bark
cark105539272_cark
chark144222712chark
dark95133212_dark
gnar56021382gnar_
gnarl65115572gnarl
gnarr64810692gnarr
gnars66718852gnars
hark115237392_hark
inarm7314422inarm
knack104311042knack
knar85818722knar_
knars94416112knars
lark85733862_lark
mark105138062_mark
narc67127952_narc
nard56634452_nard
narks96026032_narks
narky126017802_narky
nary76931222_nary
park105237492_park
quark184614122quark
sack105337312s_ack
sank85236832s_ank
sard55344242s_ard
sari45444042s_ari
sarks96632462s_arks
sarky125521782s_arky
scar66434202scar_
scare75334462scare
scarf105427142scarf
scarp95724102scarp
scars75433532scars
scart76139772scart
scary105222592scary
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
senary93716072senary
shack145321752shack
shank125422192shank
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
sharks135019722sharks
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
shirk124817842shirk
skank84415582skank
slack115021762slack
slank95822772slank
smack134615452smack
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
smerk115412722smerk
smirk116612752smirk
snacks124514552snacks
snafu8412142snafu
snag55827872sna_g
snags64421312snags
snail57020202snail
snake94821112snake
snaky125113912snaky
snap65727032sna_p
snaps74719562snaps
snared74824552snared
snarer64620842snarer
snares65329032snares
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarls64016872snarls
snarly93815002snarly
snash84815672snash
snath86419802snath
snaw78923072sna_w
snaws86116362snaws
sneak96016172sneak
sneck114713662sneck
snick114416012snick
snook95115572snook
snore55424952snore
snort54833752snort
snuck114411912snuck
soak87227662soa_k
soar46838672soar_
soars54732512soars
sonar56523422sonar_
sonars64818972sonars
spank115919572spank
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
sparks124616362sparks
sparky154511522sparky
spars75431542spars
squark19438112squark
stack114421692stack
stalk94518002stalk
stank95823302stank
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stirk95717412stirk
stork96819692stork
swank125318232swank
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
unarm7314452unarm
unary8315992unary
wark115737772_wark

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001231.53035163.4
3Display Results1231230.0462673.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911231.87295454.6
 
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