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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 “thoray” 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.

40 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
thorax1638251thorax
thorny12509841thorny
choral115118492choral
foray115023972_foray
hoary114516762_hoary
hooray123011372hooray
hora76136562_hora_
horah117922052_horah
horal86328682_horal
horary12310382_horary
horas86333102_horas
horny115619622_horny
horsy116318392_horsy
moray105423792_moray
shoran94016042shoran
shorty124313202shorty
theory121098362theor_y
therapy1536612therapy
thiram1139962thiram
thirty12378402thirty
thoria93012892thoria
thorias102312052thorias
thoric114314042thoric
thorn85318702thor_n
thorns95314102thorns
thoro86217872thor_o
thoron94713902thoron
thorp104414262thor_p
thorpe113610092thorpe
thorps113610892thorps
thraw1110515922th_raw
throat94819752throat
throaty13428482throaty
today96416952t_oday
tokay125513052t_okay
tora47545992t_ora_
torah87125272t_orah
toras55540372t_oras
tory75840542t_or_y
tray77632592t__ray

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551406.33013041.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691406.68926714.2
 
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