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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 “bairns” 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.

84 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
bairns8671087(None) 
airns55521031_airns
bairn77515531bairn_
barns76335141ba_rns
cairns85313301cairns
ains46158882_ai_ns
airn46433832_airn_
airs46447422_air_s
airts55626342_airts
bacons104917582bacons
bails75933522bai_ls
bairnish1345472bairnish
bairnly1234502bairnly
baits76630582bai_ts
baizas173810822baizas
baizes174315052baizes
banians9312032banians
banns75321232ba_nns
bans66555142ba__ns
barbs95928192ba_rbs
bards87139642ba_rds
bares75457132ba_res
barfs104826002ba_rfs
baring95135852baring
barks115735812ba_rks
barms96128462ba_rms
barn66444642ba_rn_
barny105821732ba_rny
barons85025382barons
barrens94414322barrens
barres84427542barres
bars66564092ba_r_s
basins85722762basins
basions94213952basions
batons85519422batons
bins66548252b_i_ns
birds85421332b_irds
birks114920302b_irks
birls74023162b_irls
biros75325132b_iros
birrs74917102b_irrs
blains84516372blai_ns
bourns84114062bourns
brains85125472brai_ns
brins75533972bri_ns
burins84221892burins
burns74926782b_urns
cains75334302cai_ns
cairds96411512cairds
cairn75717512cairn_
cairny11557822cairny
carns75937562ca_rns
darns66927892da_rns
earns55927562ea_rns
fairs85825442fair_s
firns86018542_firns
gains65729512gai_ns
girns64516802_girns
hairs86225172hair_s
kains96125642kai_ns
karns96624142ka_rns
kirns95315452_kirns
lairds74711612lairds
lairs55425872lair_s
mains75635112mai_ns
mairs76228302mair_s
nairas6312782nairas
nairus639142nairus
pains75138282pai_ns
pairs75325832pair_s
pirns76020092_pirns
rains55140232rai_ns
sains55639972sai_ns
sarins63932622sarins
shairns10276782shairns
tains54936322tai_ns
tarns56433952ta_rns
vairs85019132vair_s
wains86930872wai_ns
wairs86424062wair_s
warns87231002wa_rns
yairds10448022yairds
yarns85621792ya_rns
zaires1539702zaires

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 Filter178691825510.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit82551845.40615270.3
3Display Results84840.0461826.1
 (SQL Overall)178691846.12529174.0
 
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