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

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

18 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
chares11563180(None) 
cares77369181c_ares
chafes145017911chafes
chapes135421871chapes
charas114223591charas
chards125119721chards
chare105231981chare_
chared125423691chared
charges134615981charges
charks155219701charks
charms135218831charms
charrs115219181charrs
chars105936631char_s
charts115823091charts
chases115128231chases
chores114828021chores
hares86255541_hares
shares95236411shares

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 Filter178691487550.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit48755181.44033857.6
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691181.516117870.1