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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 “sugar” 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.

76 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
sugar631291(None) 
sugars7312421sugars
sugary1039011sugary
agar58726412_agar
auger64922472auger
augur64311212augur
aurar54420252aurar
cigar8911802cigar
cougar958782cougar
desugar944032desugar
eggar7458882eggar
fubar1039922fubar
fugal95613032fugal
gar47259902__gar
guar56923292gu_ar
gular6314832gular
huger94914872huger
juga126417322juga_
jugal135612402jugal
luger65322082luger
lunar57017312lunar
muggar10316442muggar
ruga56121232ruga_
rugae65114762rugae
rugal65916092rugal
saga55331172saga_
sagas66025882sagas
sager65432052sager
saggar84010852saggar
sangar73617682sangar
sauger74316252sauger
scar66434202s_car
sear47353842s_ear
seggar8357812seggar
sewar85421102sewar
shear85424832shear
simar74920812simar
sitar54820542sitar
sizar145214992sizar
smear74416392smear
soar46838672s_oar
sofar86115492sofar
solar55927342solar
sonar56523422sonar
soucar839322soucar
sowar85821342sowar
spar65433302s_par
spear75821062spear
star48037762s_tar
suba64926602suba_
subah106015212subah
subas74724072subas
suber74924502suber
subpar1048662subpar
sudary1038702sudary
sudor6312622sudor
suer45334032su_er
sugared938582sugared
sugarer837322sugarer
sugh86423442sug_h
sughs95313322sughs
sumac99514882sumac
super74924482super
supra73614252supra
sura45740292sura_
surah86823252surah
sural55931262sural
suras55336332suras
surer54833102surer
surger74320092surger
surra55521342surra
sutra54217932sutra
swear85316852swear
vulgar10426822vulgar
yuga85615422yuga_
yugas95012062yugas

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800761.58034050.6
3Display Results76760.0135846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691761.90693751.8
 
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