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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 “liar” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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253 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
liar4722968(None) 
fiar76427331fiar
lair45934151lair
lar37967531l_ar
lear47045951lear
liard65418591liard
liars54723161liars
lidar6312721lidar
lier45942461lier
lira46928681lira
afar76720782afar
agar58726412agar
air38058392ai_r
ajar116217702ajar
alar46340072alar
alias55834602alias
altar55520642altar
ar211379382__ar
bar58070552_bar
bear66844642bear
bias64738162bias
bier65531832bier
birr66022362birr
blear75918682blear
boar66134292boar
briar75718152briar
car59165562_car
char95132152char
ciao64924182ciao
cigar8911802cigar
clear76219052clear
czar156013132czar
dear55343602dear
dial55935062dial
diary95016972diary
dinar66319892dinar
ear36867882_ear
fair76332522fair
far67762602_far
fear75337792fear
fiars86720832fiars
fiat76646642fiat
filar84819292filar
fir66744892fi_r
flair86114122flair
flier86023402flier
flir76422202fli_r
foliar93210972foliar
friar85414272friar
gar47259902_gar
gear55934972gear
glair65313552glair
glia56423152glia_
glial66715432glial
glias64618492glias
gnar56021382gnar
guar56923292guar
haar77323492haar
hair76330142hair
hear76143882hear
hilar85418142hilar
hoar76729162hoar
ilia46026822ilia_
iliac75013492iliac
iliad64613462iliad
ilial55317842ilial
izar136616012izar
jar107646152_jar
jiao115017842jiao
kbar106514652kbar
kier86526802kier
kir76535672ki_r
knar85818722knar
kyar116916842kyar
la219261632l_a_
laari54415712laari
lab58864782l_ab
lac510155822l_ac
lad48165702l_ad
lag47862122l_ag
lahar83114262lahar
laic65931562laic
laid56439142laid
lain46146282lain
laird65417792laird
lairs55425872lairs
lam57666712l_am
lap58565272l_ap
lard56742002l_ard
lari45839152l_ari
lark85733862l_ark
lars46956572l_ars
las37281472l_as
lat37593402l_at
lav66847342l_av
law68656642l_aw
lax107651522l_ax
lay68865352l_ay
lazar144113642lazar
lea37660182lea_
lead56038852lead
leaf76441032leaf
leak86233712leak
leal46043272leal
lean46345242lean
leap66032682leap
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
leas45954182leas
leer46239352leer
lehr75514942lehr
li29948752li__
liana53915892liana
liane54720662liane
liang64914412liang
liards75212612liards
lib57750272li_b
liber74723622liber
libra74712422libra
libri74610112libri
libs66732762libs
lice66045062lice
lich96230842lich
lick106935072lick
lid47453512li_d
lidars7310782lidars
lido56028152lido
lids56336452lids
lie38264522li_e
lied55838092lied
lief76036992lief
lien45339802lien
liers55130402liers
lies46454192lies
lieu46534362lieu
life75433732life
lifer85822152lifer
lift76942722lift
ligan67920282ligan
liger65024472liger
like86040842like
liker95627062liker
lilac7311072lilac
lilo46731562lilo
lilt46349942lilt
lily76730182lily
lima65734132lima
liman75921602liman
limas75627632limas
limb85429382limb
lime66244932lime
limn66527692limn
limo65529732limo
limp88432492limp
limy95727712limy
lin37967372li_n
linac7315412linac
line46965572line
linear65113342linear
liner55938922liner
ling57447962ling
link86943442link
linn46034592linn
lino46343372lino
lins47059052lins
lint416266232lint
liny78141322liny
lion46334442lion
lip514755802li_p
lipa68425922lipa
lipe66839732lipe
lips67141442lips
liras56021982liras
lire47845292lire
liri45128252liri
lis37162272li_s
lisp68926882lisp
list47055342list
lit39377312li_t
litai55216362litai
litas54923772litas
lite47054542lite
liter54736342liter
litre55421462litre
lits46252492lits
litu47631562litu
live76540992live
liver85132962liver
livre85613252livre
lizard16369232lizard
load56730602load
loaf76734902loaf
loam65630482loam
loan47436452loan
lobar7313012lobar
lour45430682lour
luau44824162luau
lunar57017312lunar
lyard95113212lyard
lyart85121882lyart
maar66025062maar
mair66133782mair
mar57965952_mar
mir57046772mi_r
near45236502near
oar37057952_oar
osar46820952osar
pair66031512pair
par57467022_par
pear69745232pear
pia56848032pia_
pial65636702pial
pian66136092pian
pias66542552pias
pier66035292pier
pilar75221502pilar
plier75221282plier
rear45644552rear
ria36745502ria_
rial45938092rial
rias45540592rias
roar46328572roar
scar66434202scar
sear47353842sear
sial45938832sial
simar74920812simar
sir35746672si_r
sitar54820542sitar
sizar145214992sizar
slier54827242slier
soar46838672soar
spar65433302spar
star48037762star
tar37570692_tar
tear45242882tear
tiara5315912tiara
tier44936142tier
tsar47819802tsar
tzar136315372tzar
ulnar56013982ulnar
vair75624142vair
var66148332_var
via65636242via_
vial76731092vial
vicar10513862vicar
vier75428152vier
wair75830052wair
war67262422_war
wear75836722wear
yar67253832_yar
year76534252year
yirr76513572yirr

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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298722530.89033564.0
3Display Results2532530.0465500.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912531.202148661.4
 
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