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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 “chafe” 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.

132 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
chafe13511735(None) 
cafe95230321c_afe
chafed154813911chafed
chafer144714571chafer
chafes145017911chafes
chaff165016281chaff
chape125221141chape
chare105231981chare
chase105127121chase
cade76443922c_ade
cafes106426922c_afes
caff125631672c_aff
cage75339062c_age
cake105439962c_ake
came87648752c_ame
cane66653122c_ane
cape87242782c_ape
carafe115416162carafe
care66968372c_are
case65848082c_ase
cate66254602c_ate
cave95941262c_ave
cease75227652cease
chad105525502cha_d
chads116122232chads
chafers154512742chafers
chaffed19387702chaffed
chaffer18389472chaffer
chaffs17459612chaffs
chaffy20456472chaffy
chai95929902cha_i
chain105723672chain
chaine115119222chaine
chair105519632chair
chais107530312chais
chaise114916412chaise
chaleh143711992chaleh
chalet113825992chalet
chalk144814602chalk
cham115532312cha_m
chamfer17399862chamfer
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chance134617092chance
chang115418562chang
change124116752change
chant105932692chant
chao95727312cha_o
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492cha_p
chapel134911372chapel
chapes135421872chapes
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
char95132152cha_r
chard116124742chard
chared125423692chared
chares115631802chares
charge125114212charge
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chased125019292chased
chaser114918382chaser
chases115128232chases
chasm125518792chasm
chasse115114602chasse
chaste114617392chaste
chat95546132cha_t
chats105730092chats
chaufer15347942chaufer
chaw126224632cha_w
chawed155214602chawed
chawer144314412chawer
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872cha_y
chays135319742chays
chef125125622chef_
chefed155010562chefed
chefs136214662chefs
chide115321022chide
chief134419482chief
chile105626892chile
chime125322592chime
chine105231722chine
chive135117622chive
choke145118022choke
chore105126762chore
chose105925402chose
chufa13489112chufa
chuff164812492chuff
chute104316462chute
chyle134913482chyle
chyme156512502chyme
clade85821012clade
clave105420152clave
craft105327662craft
crake114823522crake
crane75331602crane
crape96128442crape
crate76537402crate
crave105626312crave
craze165221462craze
hade85440202_hade
hae67364002_ha_e
haft105941842_haft
hake115637842_hake
hale76052832_hale
hame97043132_hame
hare76255732_hare
hate78450172_hate
have106137072_have
haze164833392_haze
khaf145319612khaf_
khafs15648842khafs
phage115113672phage
phase104617212phase
safe75930952_safe
shade95125582shade
shaft115725272shaft
shake124726402shake
shale85332832shale
shame105726702shame
shape105125112shape
share86437082share
shave114425892shave
thae76825562tha_e
thane86122532thane
whale115517432whale

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001321.59333772.8
3Display Results1321320.0304400.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911321.93692299.1
 
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