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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 “bars” 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.

44 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
bars6656409(None) 
ars37670931_ars
baas66844671baas
bads77048861bads
bags76645501bags
bals66354041bals
bams87044451bams
bans66555131bans
baps86040841baps
bar58070551bar_
barb85240061barb
barbs95928191barbs
bard75648861bard
bards87139641bards
bare65460521bare
bares75457131bares
barf95844401barf
barfs104826001barfs
bark106242151bark
barks115735811barks
barm86739601barm
barms96128461barms
barn66444641barn
barns76335141barns
bas58681751ba_s
bass66146781bass
bats66962331bats
bays97143911bays
bears75739041bears
boars75229601boars
bras65746451bras
burs65847421burs
cars67364761cars
ears46356591ears
gars55750741gars
jars117338351jars
kbars114612601kbars
lars46956571lars
mars66261861mars
oars46846031oars
pars67560791pars
tars46763951tars
vars75742071vars
wars78659801wars

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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983440.21664736.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691440.295605732.2
 
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