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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 “zarf” 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.

166 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
zarf16692912(None) 
arf67453371_arf
barf95844411barf
zarfs174713621zarfs
aff95537612_aff
ar211379382_ar_
arb510448422_arb
arc510250902_arc
are37874572_are
arfs76029962_arfs
ark77044962_ark
arm58449622_arm
ars37670932_ars
art38679142_art
baff124632272baff
bar58070552bar_
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barfs104826002barfs
bark106242152bark
barm86739602barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
caff125631672caff
calf96339562calf
car59165562car_
carb85143162carb
card710245872card
care66968372care
cark105539272cark
carl65144782carl
carn66245432carn
carp85139812carp
carr65434702carr
cars67364762cars
cart66570342cart
corf95941482corf
curf97538782curf
czar156013132czar_
czars164812912czars
daff115229682daff
darb76033532darb
dare55848862dare
dark95133212dark
darn56434622darn
dart55857872dart
dwarf126015242dwarf
ear36867882ear_
earl45838142earl
earn46737552earn
ears46356592ears
far67762602far_
fard85639062fard
fare76354462fare
farl76338552farl
farm95934532farm
faro76136922faro
fart76860562fart
gaff114828152gaff
gar47259902gar_
garb75332672garb
gars55750742gars
haaf106227732haaf
half106238452half
hard85443502hard
hare76255732hare
hark115237392hark
harl75740002harl
harm95637792harm
harp96134292harp
hart76865772hart
izar136616012izar_
izars145112932izars
jar107646152jar_
jarl115828132jarl
jars117338352jars
kaf106845512ka_f
kaif116933932kaif
karn86129412karn
kart86750802kart
kerf115827462kerf
lar37967532lar_
lard56742002lard
lari45839152lari
lark85733862lark
lars46956572lars
mar57965952mar_
mara67444572mara
marc87034632marc
mare64759332mare
mark105138062mark
marl66341622marl
mars66261872mars
mart66865982mart
naff105128932naff
naif76839022naif
narc67127952narc
nard56634452nard
nark85230062nark
nary76931222nary
oaf65952882oa_f
oar37057952oar_
oars46846032oars
par57467022par_
para65242172para
pard76441322pard
pare66760842pare
park105237492park
parr65731152parr
pars67560792pars
part65967462part
raff104933042raff
rare45348432rare
sard55344242sard
sari45444042sari
sark84938972sark
scarf105427142scarf
serf76340112serf
snarf86525422snarf
surf76039312surf
swarf115324652swarf
tar37570692tar_
tare45957622tare
tarn46842722tarn
taro46846912taro
tarp66936412tarp
tars46763952tars
tart47566182tart
turf75334052turf
tzar136315372tzar_
tzars144914272tzars
var66148332var_
vara75530882vara
vars75742072vars
vary105226062vary
waff134228042waff
waif105836752waif
war67262422war_
ward86542252ward
ware76254722ware
wark115737772wark
warm95935672warm
warn75239322warn
warp95635002warp
wars78659802wars
wart77866082wart
wary106740012wary
wharf14315822wharf
yaff135324262yaff
yar67253832yar_
yard85633252yard
yare75636942yare
yarn75230042yarn
za1114939202za__
zag137539472za_g
zags146826682zags
zaire14311992zaire
zany167316992zany
zap145840692za_p
zaps156826892zaps
zas126946832za_s
zax197630632za_x
zerk175319252zerk
zero134822472zero
zori137722922zori

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 Filter178691298720.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit298721662.25013276.4
3Display Results1661660.0762184.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911662.46972373.8
 
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