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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 “glair” 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.

78 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
glair6531355(None) 
flair86114121flair
glaire74411291glaire
glairs75211331glairs
glairy10448271glairy
lair45934151_lair
air38058392__air
alar46340072ala_r
blain75421792blain
chair105519632chair
claim95616912claim
deair65817192deair
eclair836812eclair
elain55324702elain
fair76332522_fair
flail85316182flail
flairs95711912flairs
flir76422202fl_ir
gain56042162g_ain
gait56150192g_ait
gar47259902g_a_r
gaur56723352g_aur
gear55934972gea_r
glace87420152glace
glacier103911292glacier
glacis94012132glacis
glad65624012gla_d
glade75121962glade
gladier93810992gladier
glads75620612glads
glady105413942glady
glaired9387742glaired
glaires84010132glaires
glaive10357932glaive
glam76529342gla_m
glamor958182glamor
glams85822932glams
gland75217712gland
glans65125832glans
glare65222952glare
glarier84112202glarier
glary96018542glary
glass65518132glass
glaze155418162glaze
glazer164212262glazer
glazier17409352glazier
glazy187410982glazy
glia56423152gl_ia
glial66715432glial
glias64618492glias
glib79421442gl_ib
glim76026352gl_im
gluer65116772gluer
gluier7310262gluier
gnar56021382gna_r
gnarr64810692gnarr
grail64622872grail
grain65126252grain
guar56923292gua_r
gular6314832gula_r
hair76330142_hair
laic65931562_laic
laid56439142_laid
lain46146282_lain
laird65417792_laird
lairs55425872_lairs
lar37967532_la_r
lari45839152_lari
liar47229682_liar
mair66133782_mair
pair66031512_pair
plaid85118302plaid
plain74823302plain
plait75631572plait
slain54923572slain
stair54719942stair
vair75624142_vair
wair75830052_wair

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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800781.62633087.3
3Display Results78780.0164875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691781.718104011.1
 
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