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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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299 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
nard	5	66	3445	(None)
bard	7	56	4886	1	bard
card	7	102	4587	1	card
fard	8	56	3906	1	fard
hard	8	54	4350	1	hard
lard	5	67	4200	1	lard
narc	6	71	2795	1	narc
nards	6	59	2846	1	nards
nark	8	52	3006	1	nark
nary	7	69	3122	1	nary
nerd	5	66	2494	1	nerd
nurd	5	62	2434	1	nurd
pard	7	64	4132	1	pard
sard	5	53	4424	1	sard
ward	8	65	4225	1	ward
yard	8	56	3325	1	yard
ad	3	119	7504	2	_a_d
add	5	101	3237	2	_add
aid	4	92	6909	2	_aid
and	4	72	4418	2	_and
ar	2	113	7938	2	_ar_
arb	5	104	4842	2	_arb
arc	5	102	5090	2	_arc
are	3	78	7457	2	_are
arf	6	74	5337	2	_arf
arid	5	76	4272	2	_arid
ark	7	70	4496	2	_ark
arm	5	84	4962	2	_arm
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
art	3	86	7914	2	_art
award	9	71	1804	2	award
bad	6	77	6316	2	ba_d
bald	7	64	3290	2	bald
band	7	67	4092	2	band
bar	5	80	7055	2	bar_
barb	8	52	4006	2	barb
barde	8	53	3077	2	barde
bards	8	71	3964	2	bards
bare	6	54	6052	2	bare
bared	8	51	4448	2	bared
barf	9	58	4441	2	barf
bark	10	62	4215	2	bark
barm	8	67	3960	2	barm
barn	6	64	4464	2	barn
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
baud	7	49	2842	2	baud
bawd	10	55	2084	2	bawd
beard	8	60	2496	2	beard
bird	7	61	2833	2	bird
board	8	55	2300	2	board
brad	7	52	3434	2	brad
burd	7	55	3426	2	burd
cad	6	74	5637	2	ca_d
caid	7	78	3754	2	caid
caird	8	57	1723	2	caird
canard	9	3	1476	2	canard
car	5	91	6556	2	car_
carb	8	51	4316	2	carb
cards	8	51	3793	2	cards
care	6	69	6837	2	care
cared	8	60	5009	2	cared
cark	10	55	3927	2	cark
carl	6	51	4478	2	carl
carn	6	62	4543	2	carn
carp	8	51	3981	2	carp
carr	6	54	3470	2	carr
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cart	6	65	7034	2	cart
chard	11	61	2474	2	chard
cord	7	67	4092	2	cord
curd	7	76	3498	2	curd
dad	5	84	5617	2	da_d
darb	7	60	3353	2	darb
dare	5	58	4886	2	dare
dared	7	59	3501	2	dared
dark	9	51	3321	2	dark
darn	5	64	3462	2	darn
dart	5	58	5787	2	dart
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear_
eared	6	51	3950	2	eared
earl	4	58	3814	2	earl
earn	4	67	3755	2	earn
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
fad	7	74	5242	2	fa_d
far	6	77	6260	2	far_
farad	9	57	2067	2	farad
fards	9	66	2984	2	fards
fare	7	63	5446	2	fare
fared	9	58	4234	2	fared
farl	7	63	3855	2	farl
farm	9	59	3453	2	farm
faro	7	61	3692	2	faro
fart	7	68	6056	2	fart
ford	8	68	3549	2	ford
gad	5	75	5666	2	ga_d
gaed	6	60	3151	2	gaed
gar	4	72	5990	2	gar_
garb	7	53	3267	2	garb
garda	7	3	1676	2	garda
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gaud	6	70	2543	2	gaud
gird	6	54	2500	2	gird
gnar	5	60	2138	2	gnar_
gnarl	6	51	1557	2	gnarl
gnarr	6	48	1069	2	gnarr
gnars	6	67	1885	2	gnars
grad	6	68	2986	2	grad
guard	7	44	1554	2	guard
had	7	76	5877	2	ha_d
haed	8	63	3858	2	haed
hand	8	68	3371	2	hand
hards	9	64	3565	2	hards
hardy	12	56	2206	2	hardy
hare	7	62	5573	2	hare
hared	9	57	4218	2	hared
hark	11	52	3739	2	hark
harl	7	57	4000	2	harl
harm	9	56	3779	2	harm
harp	9	61	3429	2	harp
hart	7	68	6577	2	hart
heard	9	52	2275	2	heard
herd	8	49	3306	2	herd
hoard	9	49	1831	2	hoard
inarm	7	3	1442	2	inarm
inward	10	3	1033	2	inward
jar	10	76	4615	2	jar_
jarl	11	58	2813	2	jarl
jars	11	73	3835	2	jars
karn	8	61	2942	2	karn
kart	8	67	5081	2	kart
knar	8	58	1873	2	knar_
knars	9	44	1611	2	knars
lad	4	81	6571	2	la_d
laid	5	64	3915	2	laid
laird	6	54	1779	2	laird
land	5	63	3731	2	land
lar	3	79	6753	2	lar_
lards	6	53	3186	2	lards
lardy	9	61	1927	2	lardy
lari	4	58	3915	2	lari
lark	8	57	3386	2	lark
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
laud	5	65	2772	2	laud
liard	6	54	1859	2	liard
lord	5	50	3208	2	lord
lyard	9	51	1321	2	lyard
mad	6	89	5872	2	ma_d
maid	7	55	3767	2	maid
mar	5	79	6595	2	mar_
mara	6	74	4457	2	mara
marc	8	70	3463	2	marc
mare	6	47	5933	2	mare
mark	10	51	3806	2	mark
marl	6	63	4162	2	marl
mars	6	62	6187	2	mars
mart	6	68	6598	2	mart
maud	7	53	2540	2	maud
na	2	86	5248	2	na__
naan	4	76	2193	2	naan
nab	5	69	5492	2	na_b
nabe	6	60	2949	2	nabe
nabs	6	62	3619	2	nabs
nacre	7	57	1536	2	nacre
nacred	9	52	1250	2	nacred
nada	5	80	2291	2	nada
nae	3	59	5274	2	na_e
naff	10	51	2893	2	naff
nag	4	64	5081	2	na_g
nags	5	54	3602	2	nags
nah	6	98	4700	2	na_h
naiad	6	3	1340	2	naiad
naif	7	68	3902	2	naif
nail	4	58	3865	2	nail
naira	5	3	1474	2	naira
nairu	5	4	1381	2	nairu
naked	10	53	2085	2	naked
nala	4	69	3039	2	nala
naled	6	55	2505	2	naled
nam	5	59	5339	2	na_m
name	6	56	3741	2	name
named	8	52	2306	2	named
nan	3	78	5488	2	na_n
nana	4	66	3290	2	nana
nans	4	61	3940	2	nans
naoi	4	60	2463	2	naoi
naos	4	74	2973	2	naos
nap	5	67	5320	2	na_p
napa	6	69	2726	2	napa
nape	6	52	3080	2	nape
naps	6	62	3858	2	naps
narco	7	67	1824	2	narco
narcs	7	61	2202	2	narcs
nares	5	55	4415	2	nares
naric	7	68	2417	2	naric
naris	5	57	3529	2	naris
narked	11	41	1674	2	narked
narks	9	60	2603	2	narks
narky	12	60	1780	2	narky
nave	7	57	3231	2	nave
navy	10	75	1863	2	navy
naw	6	63	4649	2	na_w
nay	6	69	5277	2	na_y
nays	7	59	3159	2	nays
nazi	13	62	1987	2	nazi
near	4	52	3650	2	near_
neared	7	51	1981	2	neared
nears	5	55	2942	2	nears
need	5	49	3415	2	need
nerds	6	57	1925	2	nerds
nerdy	9	50	1470	2	nerdy
nod	4	75	4957	2	n_od
nor	3	80	4882	2	nor_
nori	4	71	3314	2	nori
norm	6	64	2981	2	norm
nurds	6	55	1852	2	nurds
nurl	4	53	2724	2	nurl
oar	3	70	5795	2	oar_
oared	6	50	3065	2	oared
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
onward	10	3	905	2	onward
orad	5	60	3169	2	orad
pad	6	80	5733	2	pa_d
paid	7	57	3749	2	paid
par	5	74	6702	2	par_
para	6	52	4217	2	para
pardi	8	57	2395	2	pardi
pards	8	56	3433	2	pards
pardy	11	55	2395	2	pardy
pare	6	67	6084	2	pare
pared	8	69	4676	2	pared
park	10	52	3749	2	park
parr	6	57	3115	2	parr
pars	6	75	6079	2	pars
part	6	59	6746	2	part
qaid	14	60	2385	2	qaid
rad	4	76	6201	2	ra_d
raid	5	52	4308	2	raid
rand	5	58	3957	2	rand
rare	4	53	4843	2	rare
rared	6	57	3832	2	rared
sad	4	74	5921	2	sa_d
said	5	57	4212	2	said
sand	5	53	3847	2	sand
sards	6	47	3618	2	sards
sari	4	54	4404	2	sari
sark	8	49	3897	2	sark
sarod	6	53	2587	2	sarod
shard	9	61	2596	2	shard
snare	5	44	2998	2	snare
snared	7	48	2455	2	snared
snarf	8	65	2542	2	snarf
snark	9	54	1994	2	snark
snarl	5	49	2108	2	snarl
sord	5	62	3720	2	sord
surd	5	64	3381	2	surd
sward	9	42	2146	2	sward
tad	4	79	5983	2	ta_d
tar	3	75	7069	2	tar_
tardo	6	53	2110	2	tardo
tardy	9	47	2046	2	tardy
tare	4	59	5762	2	tare
tared	6	93	4005	2	tared
tarn	4	68	4272	2	tarn
taro	4	68	4691	2	taro
tarp	6	69	3642	2	tarp
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tart	4	75	6618	2	tart
trad	5	56	3091	2	trad
turd	5	60	2762	2	turd
unarm	7	3	1445	2	unarm
unary	8	3	1599	2	unary
urd	4	64	2706	2	_urd
var	6	61	4833	2	var_
vara	7	55	3088	2	vara
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vary	10	52	2606	2	vary
wad	7	70	5390	2	wa_d
wand	8	58	3388	2	wand
war	6	72	6242	2	war_
wards	9	77	3440	2	wards
ware	7	62	5472	2	ware
wared	9	63	3987	2	wared
wark	11	57	3777	2	wark
warm	9	59	3567	2	warm
warn	7	52	3932	2	warn
warp	9	56	3500	2	warp
wars	7	86	5980	2	wars
wart	7	78	6608	2	wart
wary	10	67	4001	2	wary
word	8	98	3200	2	word
yaird	9	61	1191	2	yaird
yald	8	69	2061	2	yald
yar	6	72	5383	2	yar_
yards	9	53	2461	2	yards
yare	7	56	3694	2	yare
yarn	7	52	3004	2	yarn
yaud	8	70	2008	2	yaud
yird	8	70	1899	2	yird
zarf	16	69	2912	2	zarf

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	299	0.890	33564.0
3	Display Results	299	299	0.076	3934.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	299	1.279	139711.5