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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 “snarks” 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.

107 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
snarks10481573(None) 
narks96026031_narks
sarks96632461s_arks
sharks135019721sharks
snacks124514551snacks
snares65329031snares
snarfs95113421snarfs
snark95419941snark_
snarky134210841snarky
snarls64016871snarls
sparks124616361sparks
arks85936872__arks
barks115735812_barks
carks115534212_carks
charks155219702charks
darks106727872_darks
gnarls74210772gnarls
gnarrs7407662gnarrs
gnars66718852gnar_s
harks126333432_harks
inarms8410092inarms
knacks11428542knacks
knars94416112knar_s
larks95227812_larks
marks115933482_marks
narcs76122022_narcs
nards65928462_nards
nares55544152_nares
naris55735292_naris
nark85230062_nark_
narky126017802_narky
parks116134462_parks
quarks193810912quarks
sacks114228872s_acks
sards64736182s_ards
saris54544952s_aris
sark84938972s_ark_
sarky125521782s_arky
saros55238062s_aros
scares85033002scares
scarfs114714682scarfs
scarps104718602scarps
scars75433532scar_s
scarts85321492scarts
sears54744912sear_s
shacks154817562shacks
shanks135315582shanks
shards104319172shards
shares95236412shares
shark126225022shark_
sharns95516982sharns
sharps115516082sharps
shirks134814122shirks
skanks94710832skanks
slacks124416532slacks
smacks144112322smacks
smarms105712532smarms
smarts86218002smarts
smerks12449712smerks
smirks124910122smirks
snack114718062snack_
snafus936742snafus
snags64421312sna_gs
snails64816652snails
snake94821112sna_ke
snakes103919602snakes
snaky125113912sna_ky
snaps74719562sna_ps
snare54429982snar_e
snared74824552snared
snarer64620842snarer
snarers74216662snarers
snarf86525422snar_f
snarl54921082snar_l
snarly93815002snarly
snaths95112912snaths
snaws86116362sna_ws
sneaks104312492sneaks
snecks124410032snecks
snicks124312472snicks
snooks104412832snooks
snores64324322snores
snorts64116502snorts
soaks95220292soa_ks
soars54732512soar_s
sonars64818972sonar_s
spanks124514122spanks
spares84834552spares
spark114920892spark_
sparky154511522sparky
spars75431542spar_s
squarks20417182squarks
stacks124317262stacks
stalks104614552stalks
stanks104917702stanks
stares66038752stares
stark95425622stark_
stars55836572star_s
starts65423122starts
stirks104914242stirks
storks106115952storks
swanks134811562swanks
swards105415132swards
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarms116112172swarms
unarms839242unarms
warks127932402_warks

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit825511075.26615676.2
3Display Results1071070.0761407.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911076.07529414.2
 
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