Welcome!   Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   Statistics   Compare any two Strings using DLD   Reference   Your IP

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

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

27 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
hard8544350(None) 
bard75648861bard
card710245871card
chard116124741chard
fard85639061fard
had77658761ha_d
haed86338581haed
hand86833701hand
hards96435651hards
hardy125622061hardy
hare76255731hare
hared95742181hared
hark115237391hark
harl75740001harl
harm95637791harm
harp96134281harp
hart76865771hart
heard95222751heard
herd84933061herd
hoard94918311hoard
lard56742001lard
nard56634451nard
pard76441321pard
sard55344241sard
shard96125961shard
ward86542251ward
yard85633251yard

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 Limit13983270.22063559.1
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691270.283631417.0