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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 “scary” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

172 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
scary10522259(None) 
scaly104718721scaly
scar66434201scar_
scare75334461scare
scarey115016981scarey
scarf105427141scarf
scarp95724101scarp
scarry116311181scarry
scars75433531scars
scart76139771scart
scry96017761sc_ry
acari75020282acari
alary86123442alary
cagy106321992_cagy
caky136222442_caky
car59165562_car_
carb85143162_carb
card710245872_card
care66968372_care
cark105539272_cark
carl65144782_carl
carn66245432_carn
carny105822922_carny
carp85139812_carp
carr65434702_carr
carry105823782_carry
cars67364762_cars
cart66570342_cart
cavy125920002_cavy
cay87155982_ca_y
chary135023132chary
clary105719612clary
cory96941512_cory
cry89726242_c_ry
deary95826842deary
diary95016972diary
escar74011992escar_
escarp10449002escarp
escars83913132escars
glary96018542glary
hoary114516762hoary
leary85927382leary
nary76931222_nary
ochry13346932ochry
ovary1149112ovary
piscary1437422piscary
sacra74516992sacra
sagy85327082s_agy
salary9515212salary
sard55344242s_ard
sari45444042s_ari
sark84938972s_ark
sarky125521782s_arky
saury84317222saury
say67264762s_a_y
scab85926712sca_b
scabby1535502scabby
scabs94818642scabs
scad75725772sca_d
scads85419962scads
scag76626892sca_g
scags85520972scags
scald84818122scald
scale74629142scale
scall74420372scall
scalp95217982scalp
scam85932352sca_m
scamp115717312scamp
scams94423972scams
scan65530452sca_n
scans74625102scans
scant79735072scant
scanty114014662scanty
scape96921842scape
scarab10310062scarab
scarce104013632scarce
scared95227292scared
scarer84524612scarer
scares85033002scares
scarfs114714682scarfs
scarify1537442scarify
scarily12311702scarily
scarph13429602scarph
scarps104718602scarps
scarts85321492scarts
scat65848372sca_t
scats75930602scats
scatt76030092scatt
scatty115310652scatty
scaup95515992scaup
scaur75814902scaur
scaurs85512052scaurs
score75526742score
scorn75817452scorn
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
scurf104719322scurf
scurfy14338762scurfy
scurry11419592scurry
scurvy14386102scurvy
seamy105921272seamy
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
sectary1238272sectary
senary93716072senary
serry84824122serry
shady125416512shady
shaky154616842shaky
shaly114322862shaly
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
shark126225022shark
sharn84823702sharn
sharny124711832sharny
sharp104922532sharp
sharpy145211032sharpy
shay107133342sha_y
slaty86523152slaty
slay76436382sla_y
smarm95517602smarm
smarmy13629352smarmy
smart75834092smart
smarty115013792smarty
smeary114110802smeary
snaky125113912snaky
snare54429982snare
snarf86525422snarf
snark95419942snark
snarky134210842snarky
snarl54921082snarl
snarly93815002snarly
soapy106114782soapy
soar46838672soar_
soars54732512soars
sorry84618252sorry
spacy125415622spacy
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
sparky154511522sparky
sparry115111302sparry
spars75431542spars
spay96631662spa_y
spiry105017352spiry
spray106720062spray
spry96819122s_pry
stagy96618892stagy
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stark95425622stark
starry94911672starry
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stay78333722sta_y
story86723032story
stray88525572stray
sudary1038702sudary
sugary1039012sugary
swamy136714402swamy
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
swarty125812382swarty
sway107128232swa_y
teary85124052teary
unary8315992unary
vary105226062_vary
wary106740012_wary
weary115620612weary

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 Limit538001721.60633499.4
3Display Results1721720.0463739.1
 (SQL Overall)1786911721.96590936.9
 
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