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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 “scarf” 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.

120 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
scarf10542714(None) 
scar66434201scar_
scare75334461scare
scarfs114714681scarfs
scarp95724101scarp
scars75433531scars
scart76139771scart
scary105222591scary
scurf104719321scurf
snarf86525421snarf
swarf115324651swarf
acari75020282acari
arf67453372__arf
barf95844412_barf
caff125631672_caff
calf96339562_calf
car59165562_car_
carb85143162_carb
card710245872_card
care66968372_care
cark105539272_cark
carl65144782_carl
carn66245432_carn
carp85139812_carp
carr65434702_carr
cars67364762_cars
cart66570342_cart
corf95941482_corf
curf97538782_curf
dwarf126015242dwarf
escar74011992escar_
escarp10449002escarp
escars83913132escars
sacra74516992sacra
sard55344242s_ard
sari45444042s_ari
sark84938972s_ark
scab85926712sca_b
scabs94818642scabs
scad75725772sca_d
scads85419962scads
scag76626892sca_g
scags85520972scags
scald84818122scald
scale74629142scale
scall74420372scall
scalp95217982scalp
scaly104718722scaly
scam85932352sca_m
scamp115717312scamp
scams94423972scams
scan65530452sca_n
scans74625102scans
scant79735072scant
scape96921842scape
scarab10310062scarab
scarce104013632scarce
scared95227292scared
scarer84524612scarer
scares85033002scares
scarey115016982scarey
scarfed134711182scarfed
scarfer124511082scarfer
scarify1537442scarify
scarph13429602scarph
scarps104718602scarps
scarry116311182scarry
scarts85321492scarts
scat65848372sca_t
scats75930602scats
scatt76030092scatt
scaup95515992scaup
scaur75814902scaur
scaurs85512052scaurs
sclaff1438312sclaff
scoff134413342scoff
score75526742score
scorn75817452scorn
scrag85916172scrag
scram910621622scram
scrap97120402scrap
scry96017762sc_ry
scuff133914892scuff
scurfs113210812scurfs
scurfy14338762scurfy
sear47353842sear_
sears54744912sears
serf76340112s_erf
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
sharif122917122sharif
shark126225022shark
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
snare54429982snare
snarfs95113422snarfs
snark95419942snark
snarl54921082snarl
soar46838672soar_
soars54732512soars
spar65433302spar_
spare75135562spare
spark114920892spark
spars75431542spars
staff113817712staff
star48037762star_
stare54440262stare
stark95425622stark
stars55836572stars
start55642312start
surf76039312s_urf
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
wharf14315822wharf
zarf166929122_zarf

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001203.29616322.8
3Display Results1201200.0333636.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911203.64249064.0
 
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