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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsquare” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

50 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
square15451336(None) 
quare143920541_quare
squared173610561squared
squarer163410661squarer
squares163714461squares
squark19438111squark
squire155912461squire
aquae142212712aqua_e
equate152012462equate
esquire16376602esquire
quaere154110672_quaere
quake184114642_quake
quale143617852_quale
quark184614122_quark
quart144027852_quart
quarte154115322_quarte
quate144521412_quate
quatre153512352_quatre
quire144917132_quire
scare75334462s_care
share86437082s_hare
snare54429982s_nare
souari6311382souari
spare75135562s_pare
squab163810732squa_b
squabs17429322squabs
squad155110792squa_d
squads164410292squads
squall1538002squall
squama1736532squama
squamae1845722squamae
squarely2045352squarely
squarers17338022squarers
squarest17338222squarest
squarks20417182squarks
squash1846832squash
squat143720142squa_t
squats153712962squats
squaw17368982squa_w
squawk22385372squawk
squaws18438782squaws
squired173710062squired
squires163812842squires
squirm17387672squirm
squirt153812932squirt
stare54440262s_tare
suave83519872s_uave
sucre75019102s_ucre
sure45447412s_u_re
sware85828212s_ware

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551502.48333246.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.60968490.2