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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 “ajar” 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.

123 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
ajar11621770(None) 
afar76720781afar
agar58726411agar
alar46340071alar
jar107646151_jar
aa219179952a_a_
aah616252962a_ah
aal39058672a_al
aas310975392a_as
aba512850952aba_
abas68642082abas
acari75020282acari
afars85716512afars
aga410447232aga_
agars66120642agars
agas55938842agas
ager55935842ager
aha611246642aha_
air38058392a_ir
ajee115928232ajee
ala312463602ala_
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
alas46358122alas
altar55520642altar
ama510853302ama_
amah98927492amah
amas67746292amas
amir65129752amir
ana39559832ana_
anal48037522anal
anas46649862anas
anear55420322anear
apart74330672apart
aper66336232aper
ar211379382__ar
arak86929572arak
atap66722452atap
attar56516692attar
aura45836252aura
aurar54420252aurar
ava610139322ava_
aver75931882aver
awa611939672awa_
award97118042award
aware86420022aware
away108024222away
axal116520492axal
ayah108022992ayah
azan136521782azan
bar58070552_bar
bazar163816002bazar
bear66844642bear
boar66134292boar
car59165562_car
char95132152char
czar156013132czar
damar84117732damar
dear55343602dear
ear36867882_ear
far67762602_far
fear75337792fear
fiar76427332fiar
gar47259902_gar
gazar154612982gazar
gear55934972gear
gnar56021382gnar
guar56923292guar
haar77323492haar
hear76143882hear
hoar76729162hoar
izar136616012izar
jab128444112_jab
jag116542712_jag
jam126942522_jam
jarl115828132_jarl
jars117338352_jars
jaw136237682_jaw
jay136242672_jay
kabar114815552kabar
kbar106514652kbar
knar85818722knar
kyar116916842kyar
lahar83114262lahar
lar37967532_lar
lazar144113642lazar
lear47045952lear
liar47229682liar
maar66025062maar
major145212922major
makar115614972makar
malar76424442malar
mar57965952_mar
navar83912732navar
near45236502near
oar37057952_oar
osar46820952osar
par57467022_par
pear69745232pear
radar61316722radar
raja117918682raja_
rajah155711422rajah
rajas127317722rajas
rear45644552rear
roar46328572roar
scar66434202scar
sear47353842sear
soar46838672soar
spar65433302spar
star48037762star
talar56225382talar
tar37570692_tar
tatar56122062tatar
tear45242882tear
tsar47819802tsar
tzar136315372tzar
var66148332_var
war67262422_war
wear75836722wear
yar67253832_yar
year76534252year

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit298721230.78338150.7
3Display Results1231230.0304100.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911231.076166069.7
 
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