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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 “sarky” 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.

153 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
sarky12552178(None) 
barky145721611barky
darky136018831darky
larky125218871larky
narky126017801narky
sark84938971sark_
sarks96632461sarks
snarky134210841snarky
sparky154511521sparky
alky115920342_alky
ark77044962_ark_
arks85936872_arks
army96624182_army
arty77531312_arty
balky145418242balky
bark106242152bark_
barks115735812barks
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
braky145015812braky
caky136222442ca_ky
cark105539272cark_
carks115534212carks
carny105822922carny
carry105823782carry
casky144512682casky
corky145221152corky
dark95133212dark_
darkey145212422darkey
darkly145411072darkly
darks106727872darks
dorky135518742dorky
early85324122early
farcy135217092farcy
forky156119642forky
gawky16569992gawky
hanky155418292hanky
hardy125622062hardy
hark115237392hark_
harks126333432harks
harpy136418212harpy
harry115322952harry
jacky215412342jacky
jerky196712422jerky
laky116725822la_ky
lanky125517482lanky
lardy96119272lardy
lark85733862lark_
larks95227812larks
mark105138052mark_
marka114620792marka
marks115933482marks
marly106925612marly
marry104821692marry
marvy135014032marvy
mirky146315522mirky
murky145216682murky
nark85230062nark_
narks96026032narks
nary76931222nar_y
oaky116419952oa_ky
pardy115523952pardy
park105237492park_
parka115120882parka
parks116134462parks
parry105323752parry
party106630612party
pawky173810152pawky
perky145319482perky
porky145019332porky
sack105337312sack_
sacks114228872sacks
sadly94519122sadly
saggy105917462saggy
sagy85327082sa_gy
sake85244962sa_ke
saki85628472sa_ki
sally85129712sally
salty85524382salty
sandy94221132sandy
sank85236822sank_
sappy125413472sappy
saran53730302saran
sard55344242sar_d
sards64736182sards
saree55044662saree
sarge65531132sarge
sargo65424412sargo
sari45444042sar_i
sarin55239252sarin
saris54544952saris
sarod65325872sarod
saros55238062saros
sassy85813812sassy
satay84718462satay
saucy104615162saucy
saury84317222saury
savoy114713882savoy
savvy14497502savvy
say67264762sa__y
scarey115016982scarey
scarry116311182scarry
scary105222592scar_y
scry96017762scr_y
serry84824122serry
shaky154616842shaky
shark126225022shark_
sharks135019722sharks
sharny124711832sharny
sharpy145211032sharpy
silky125315822silky
skanky12476962skanky
sky106420992s__ky
smarmy13629352smarmy
smarty115013792smarty
smirky15406942smirky
smoky14388682smoky
snaky125113912snaky
snark95419942snark_
snarks104815732snarks
snarly93815002snarly
sorry84618252sorry
spark114920892spark_
sparkly16348132sparkly
sparks124616362sparks
sparry115111302sparry
spiky146014112spiky
spray106720062spray
spry96819122spr_y
stalky13499302stalky
stark95425622stark_
starkly14277032starkly
starry94911672starry
stray88525572stray
stroy87720392stroy
sucky144415502sucky
sulky124715362sulky
surfy115319472surfy
surgy95118522surgy
surly85124432surly
swanky16447972swanky
swarty125812382swarty
tacky145617442tacky
talky126215682talky
tardy94720462tardy
tarry85422512tarry
tarty86328182tarty
vary105226062var_y
wacky174714932wacky
wark115737772wark_
warks127932402warks
warty119323822warty
wary106740012war_y

Search took 8 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001536.6708066.0
3Display Results1531530.0801912.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911536.84326113.0
 
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