Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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376 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
hard	8	54	4350	(None)
bard	7	56	4886	1	bard
card	7	102	4587	1	card
chard	11	61	2474	1	chard
fard	8	56	3906	1	fard
had	7	76	5877	1	ha_d
haed	8	63	3858	1	haed
hand	8	68	3371	1	hand
hards	9	64	3565	1	hards
hardy	12	56	2206	1	hardy
hare	7	62	5573	1	hare
hared	9	57	4218	1	hared
hark	11	52	3739	1	hark
harl	7	57	4000	1	harl
harm	9	56	3780	1	harm
harp	9	61	3429	1	harp
hart	7	68	6577	1	hart
heard	9	52	2275	1	heard
herd	8	49	3306	1	herd
hoard	9	49	1831	1	hoard
lard	5	67	4200	1	lard
nard	5	66	3445	1	nard
pard	7	64	4132	1	pard
sard	5	53	4424	1	sard
shard	9	61	2596	1	shard
ward	8	65	4225	1	ward
yard	8	56	3325	1	yard
ad	3	119	7504	2	_a_d
add	5	101	3237	2	_add
ahed	8	95	3625	2	ahed
aid	4	92	6909	2	_aid
and	4	72	4418	2	_and
ar	2	113	7938	2	_ar_
arb	5	104	4842	2	_arb
arc	5	102	5090	2	_arc
are	3	78	7457	2	_are
arf	6	74	5337	2	_arf
arid	5	76	4272	2	_arid
ark	7	70	4496	2	_ark
arm	5	84	4963	2	_arm
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
art	3	86	7914	2	_art
award	9	71	1804	2	award
bad	6	77	6316	2	ba_d
bald	7	64	3290	2	bald
band	7	67	4092	2	band
bar	5	80	7055	2	bar_
barb	8	52	4006	2	barb
barde	8	53	3077	2	barde
bards	8	71	3964	2	bards
bare	6	54	6052	2	bare
bared	8	51	4448	2	bared
barf	9	58	4441	2	barf
bark	10	62	4215	2	bark
barm	8	67	3961	2	barm
barn	6	64	4464	2	barn
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
baud	7	49	2842	2	baud
bawd	10	55	2084	2	bawd
beard	8	60	2496	2	beard
bird	7	61	2833	2	bird
board	8	55	2300	2	board
brad	7	52	3434	2	brad
burd	7	55	3426	2	burd
cad	6	74	5637	2	ca_d
caid	7	78	3754	2	caid
caird	8	57	1723	2	caird
car	5	91	6556	2	car_
carb	8	51	4316	2	carb
cards	8	51	3793	2	cards
care	6	69	6837	2	care
cared	8	60	5009	2	cared
cark	10	55	3927	2	cark
carl	6	51	4478	2	carl
carn	6	62	4543	2	carn
carp	8	51	3981	2	carp
carr	6	54	3470	2	carr
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cart	6	65	7034	2	cart
chad	10	55	2550	2	cha_d
char	9	51	3215	2	char_
chards	12	51	1973	2	chards
chare	10	52	3198	2	chare
chared	12	54	2369	2	chared
chark	14	42	2271	2	chark
charm	12	61	2466	2	charm
charr	10	48	2178	2	charr
chars	10	59	3664	2	chars
chart	10	50	3828	2	chart
chary	13	50	2313	2	chary
chord	11	59	1726	2	chord
cord	7	67	4092	2	cord
curd	7	76	3498	2	curd
dad	5	84	5617	2	da_d
darb	7	60	3353	2	darb
dare	5	58	4886	2	dare
dared	7	59	3501	2	dared
dark	9	51	3321	2	dark
darn	5	64	3462	2	darn
dart	5	58	5787	2	dart
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear_
eared	6	51	3950	2	eared
earl	4	58	3814	2	earl
earn	4	67	3755	2	earn
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
echard	12	4	922	2	echard
fad	7	74	5242	2	fa_d
far	6	77	6260	2	far_
farad	9	57	2068	2	farad
fards	9	66	2984	2	fards
fare	7	63	5446	2	fare
fared	9	58	4234	2	fared
farl	7	63	3855	2	farl
farm	9	59	3454	2	farm
faro	7	61	3692	2	faro
fart	7	68	6056	2	fart
ford	8	68	3549	2	ford
gad	5	75	5666	2	ga_d
gaed	6	60	3151	2	gaed
gar	4	72	5990	2	gar_
garb	7	53	3267	2	garb
garda	7	3	1677	2	garda
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gaud	6	70	2543	2	gaud
gird	6	54	2500	2	gird
grad	6	68	2986	2	grad
guard	7	44	1554	2	guard
ha	5	102	5994	2	ha__
haaf	10	62	2773	2	haaf
haar	7	73	2349	2	haar
haars	8	56	2047	2	haars
habu	9	73	2548	2	habu
hack	13	51	3454	2	hack
hade	8	54	4020	2	hade
haded	10	52	2762	2	haded
hadj	15	58	1868	2	hadj
hae	6	73	6400	2	ha_e
haem	9	57	3098	2	haem
haen	7	62	2945	2	haen
haes	7	76	5102	2	haes
haet	7	56	5950	2	haet
haft	10	59	4184	2	haft
hag	7	72	5574	2	ha_g
hags	8	67	4084	2	hags
hah	9	106	5522	2	ha_h
haha	10	78	2106	2	haha
hahs	10	83	3336	2	hahs
haik	11	55	2698	2	haik
hail	7	48	3906	2	hail
hair	7	63	3014	2	hair
hairdo	10	3	643	2	hairdo
haired	10	51	1717	2	haired
hairs	8	62	2517	2	hairs
hairy	11	53	1683	2	hairy
haj	13	81	4060	2	ha_j
haji	14	85	2019	2	haji
hajj	13	83	1247	2	hajj
hake	11	56	3784	2	hake
haku	11	69	2389	2	haku
hale	7	60	5283	2	hale
haled	9	53	3582	2	haled
half	10	62	3845	2	half
halid	9	44	2498	2	halid
hall	7	57	4116	2	hall
halm	9	58	3497	2	halm
halo	7	64	3732	2	halo
halt	7	60	5630	2	halt
ham	8	63	6328	2	ha_m
hame	9	70	4313	2	hame
hams	9	64	4613	2	hams
hands	9	53	2738	2	hands
handy	12	55	2087	2	handy
hang	8	55	3556	2	hang
hank	11	51	3414	2	hank
hant	7	54	6159	2	hant
hao	6	72	5112	2	ha_o
hap	8	73	6005	2	ha_p
haps	9	64	4346	2	haps
harden	10	57	1853	2	harden
harder	10	50	2240	2	harder
hardly	13	51	1283	2	hardly
harem	10	49	2445	2	harem
hares	8	62	5554	2	hares
harked	14	54	2255	2	harked
harks	12	63	3343	2	harks
harls	8	56	3450	2	harls
harmed	12	52	1884	2	harmed
harms	10	68	2902	2	harms
harped	12	44	1840	2	harped
harps	10	59	2687	2	harps
harpy	13	64	1821	2	harpy
harry	11	53	2295	2	harry
harsh	11	64	1805	2	harsh
harts	8	84	4159	2	harts
has	6	73	7265	2	ha_s
hash	10	69	3650	2	hash
hasp	9	66	2729	2	hasp
hast	7	62	5948	2	hast
hat	6	72	8996	2	ha_t
hate	7	84	5017	2	hate
hated	9	57	3402	2	hated
hath	10	59	3391	2	hath
hatred	10	48	1433	2	hatred
hats	7	68	5825	2	hats
haul	7	55	3045	2	haul
haut	7	59	4973	2	haut
have	10	61	3707	2	have
haw	9	71	5327	2	ha_w
hawed	12	60	2542	2	hawed
hawk	14	55	2115	2	hawk
haws	10	64	3944	2	haws
hay	9	73	5877	2	ha_y
hayed	12	58	2201	2	hayed
hays	10	61	3807	2	hays
hazard	19	3	840	2	hazard
haze	16	48	3339	2	haze
hazed	18	52	2220	2	hazed
hazy	19	181	1919	2	hazy
head	8	71	3717	2	head
hear	7	61	4388	2	hear_
hears	8	67	3737	2	hears
heart	8	54	4074	2	heart
heed	8	64	3760	2	heed
held	8	53	3040	2	held
her	6	65	4781	2	her_
herb	9	47	3096	2	herb
herds	9	64	2468	2	herds
here	7	64	4710	2	here
herl	7	58	3455	2	herl
herm	9	56	3615	2	herm
hern	7	61	3489	2	hern
hero	7	46	3578	2	hero
hers	7	58	4487	2	hers
hid	7	62	4839	2	h_id
hied	8	54	3405	2	hied
hind	8	55	2976	2	hind
hire	7	55	3897	2	hire
hired	9	52	2626	2	hired
hoar	7	67	2916	2	hoar_
hoards	10	49	1262	2	hoards
hoars	8	59	2555	2	hoars
hoary	11	45	1676	2	hoary
hod	7	68	5247	2	h_od
hoed	8	78	3798	2	hoed
holard	10	4	1057	2	holard
hold	8	62	3506	2	hold
hood	8	51	3233	2	hood
hora	7	61	3656	2	hora
horde	9	46	2305	2	horde
horn	7	67	3561	2	horn
hued	8	69	2585	2	hued
hurds	9	52	1907	2	hurds
hurl	7	60	2993	2	hurl
hurt	7	71	4257	2	hurt
jar	10	76	4615	2	jar_
jarl	11	58	2813	2	jarl
jars	11	73	3835	2	jars
karn	8	61	2943	2	karn
kart	8	67	5082	2	kart
lad	4	81	6571	2	la_d
laid	5	64	3915	2	laid
laird	6	54	1779	2	laird
land	5	63	3731	2	land
lar	3	79	6753	2	lar_
lards	6	53	3186	2	lards
lardy	9	61	1927	2	lardy
lari	4	58	3915	2	lari
lark	8	57	3386	2	lark
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
laud	5	65	2772	2	laud
liard	6	54	1859	2	liard
lord	5	50	3208	2	lord
lyard	9	51	1321	2	lyard
mad	6	89	5872	2	ma_d
maid	7	55	3767	2	maid
mar	5	79	6595	2	mar_
mara	6	74	4458	2	mara
marc	8	70	3463	2	marc
mare	6	47	5933	2	mare
mark	10	51	3806	2	mark
marl	6	63	4162	2	marl
mars	6	62	6187	2	mars
mart	6	68	6598	2	mart
maud	7	53	2540	2	maud
narc	6	71	2795	2	narc
nards	6	59	2846	2	nards
nark	8	52	3006	2	nark
nary	7	69	3122	2	nary
nerd	5	66	2494	2	nerd
nurd	5	62	2434	2	nurd
oar	3	70	5795	2	oar_
oared	6	50	3065	2	oared
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
orad	5	60	3169	2	orad
pad	6	80	5733	2	pa_d
paid	7	57	3749	2	paid
par	5	74	6702	2	par_
para	6	52	4218	2	para
pardi	8	57	2395	2	pardi
pards	8	56	3433	2	pards
pardy	11	55	2395	2	pardy
pare	6	67	6084	2	pare
pared	8	69	4676	2	pared
park	10	52	3749	2	park
parr	6	57	3115	2	parr
pars	6	75	6079	2	pars
part	6	59	6746	2	part
qaid	14	60	2385	2	qaid
rad	4	76	6201	2	ra_d
raid	5	52	4308	2	raid
rand	5	58	3957	2	rand
rare	4	53	4843	2	rare
rared	6	57	3832	2	rared
sad	4	74	5921	2	sa_d
said	5	57	4212	2	said
sand	5	53	3847	2	sand
sards	6	47	3618	2	sards
sari	4	54	4404	2	sari
sark	8	49	3897	2	sark
sarod	6	53	2587	2	sarod
shad	8	62	3091	2	sha_d
shaird	10	28	870	2	shaird
shards	10	43	1917	2	shards
share	8	64	3708	2	share
shared	10	58	2906	2	shared
shark	12	62	2502	2	shark
sharn	8	48	2370	2	sharn
sharp	10	49	2253	2	sharp
sherd	9	63	2115	2	sherd
sord	5	62	3720	2	sord
surd	5	64	3381	2	surd
sward	9	42	2146	2	sward
tad	4	79	5983	2	ta_d
tar	3	75	7069	2	tar_
tardo	6	53	2110	2	tardo
tardy	9	47	2046	2	tardy
tare	4	59	5762	2	tare
tared	6	93	4005	2	tared
tarn	4	68	4272	2	tarn
taro	4	68	4691	2	taro
tarp	6	69	3642	2	tarp
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tart	4	75	6618	2	tart
tharm	10	59	1664	2	tharm
third	9	59	1249	2	third
trad	5	56	3091	2	trad
turd	5	60	2762	2	turd
urd	4	64	2706	2	_urd
var	6	61	4833	2	var_
vara	7	55	3089	2	vara
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vary	10	52	2606	2	vary
wad	7	70	5390	2	wa_d
wand	8	58	3388	2	wand
war	6	72	6242	2	war_
wards	9	77	3440	2	wards
ware	7	62	5472	2	ware
wared	9	63	3987	2	wared
wark	11	57	3777	2	wark
warm	9	59	3568	2	warm
warn	7	52	3932	2	warn
warp	9	56	3500	2	warp
wars	7	86	5980	2	wars
wart	7	78	6608	2	wart
wary	10	67	4001	2	wary
wharf	14	3	1582	2	wharf
word	8	98	3200	2	word
yaird	9	61	1191	2	yaird
yald	8	69	2061	2	yald
yar	6	72	5383	2	yar_
yards	9	53	2461	2	yards
yare	7	56	3694	2	yare
yarn	7	52	3004	2	yarn
yaud	8	70	2008	2	yaud
yird	8	70	1899	2	yird
zarf	16	69	2912	2	zarf

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	376	0.923	32364.0
3	Display Results	376	376	0.093	4043.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	376	1.326	134759.4