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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 “glaires” 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.

42 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
glaires8401013(None) 
glaire74411291glaire_
glaired9387741glaired
glairs75211331glair_s
glaives11347831glaives
glares75518861gla_res
blares85021632bla_res
claries93422202claries
flairs95711912flair_s
flares94521702fla_res
galeres83514332galeres
galores82614322galores
glaces94218022gla_ces
glaciers11277892glaciers
glacises1138502glacises
glades84820342gla_des
glaiket1238362glaiket
glair65313552glair__
glairier944832glairier
glairiest1035482glairiest
glairy10448272glair_y
glaive10357932glaive_
glaived12375972glaived
glances104113142glances
glandes95413832glandes
glare65222952gla_re_
glared84715192gla_red
glarier84112202glarier
glariest92012522glariest
glasses84414272glasses
glazers174410042glazers
glazes165315642gla_zes
glaziers18406562glaziers
glides84518862gl_ides
glimes94717522gl_imes
glories81915912glories
lairds74711612_lairds
laired75216812_laired
lairs55425872_lair_s
lares54852632_la_res
plaices11411142plaices
zaires1539702_zaires

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671423.17033965.6
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.56250165.9
 
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