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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 “sharp” 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.

158 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
sharp10492253(None) 
harp96134291_harp
scarp95724101scarp
shard96125961shard
share86437081share
shark126225021shark
sharn84823701sharn
sharps115516081sharps
sharpy145211031sharpy
carp85139812_carp
champ145017962champ
chap114928492cha_p
char95132152char_
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chirp124717162chirp
escarp10449002escarp
hap87360052_ha_p
hard85443502_hard
hare76255732_hare
hark115237392_hark
harl75740002_harl
harm95637792_harm
harps105926872_harps
harpy136418212_harpy
hart76865772_hart
hasp96627292_hasp
salp64534092s_alp
samp85733592s_amp
sap56463232s_a_p
sard55344242s_ard
sari45444042s_ari
sark84938972s_ark
scalp95217982scalp
scamp115717312scamp
scar66434202scar_
scare75334462scare
scarf105427142scarf
scarph13429602scarph
scarps104718602scarps
scars75433532scars
scart76139772scart
scary105222592scary
scaup95515992scaup
scrap97120402scrap
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
sha69837782sha__
shack145321752shack
shad86230912sha_d
shade95125582shade
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shaft115725272shaft
shag86430562sha_g
shags95123862shags
shah105627782sha_h
shahs115919512shahs
shaird10288702shaird
shairn9269062shairn
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shaky154616842shaky
shale85332832shale
shall85024052shall
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
sham96436362sha_m
shame105726702shame
shams105829412shams
shank125422192shank
shape105125112shape
shards104319172shards
shared105829062shared
sharer95025482sharer
shares95236412shares
sharia93116732sharia
sharif122917122sharif
sharks135019722sharks
sharns95516982sharns
sharny124711832sharny
sharped134112052sharped
sharpen12389722sharpen
sharper124312702sharper
sharpie1238402sharpie
sharply15406832sharply
shat76456602sha_t
shaul85418102shaul
shave114425892shave
shaw108132552sha_w
shawl116217572shawl
shawm135316152shawm
shawn116417612shawn
shaws116226262shaws
shay107133342sha_y
shays116021432shays
shear85424832shear_
shears93820902shears
sheep105321522sheep
sherd96321152sherd
sherpa1138092sherpa
ship95228242sh_ip
shire84727132shire
shirk124817842shirk
shirr84716922shirr
shirt84533902shirt
shlep104914832shlep
shop95629842sh_op
shore85432652shore
shorl84720252shorl
shorn85722182shorn
short85040532short
shri76021702sh_ri
slap66434042sla_p
slurp74014982slurp
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
snap65727032sna_p
snare54429982snare
snarf86525422snarf
snark95419942snark
snarl54921082snarl
soap65831132soa_p
soar46838672soar_
soars54732512soars
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
stamp95217362stamp
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stark95425622stark
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
stirp76815502stirp
strap77925262strap
swamp125015322swamp
swap95925432swa_p
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
tarp66936422_tarp
tharm105916642tharm
thorp104414262thorp
unsharp1235542unsharp
warp95635002_warp
whap125119642wha_p
wharf14315822wharf
whaup13458882whaup

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit538001581.65332546.9
3Display Results1581580.0463434.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911582.02988068.5
 
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