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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 “sharias” 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.

36 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
sharias10251600(None) 
sharia93116731sharia_
shariah132210531shariah
shariahs14206391shariahs
sharifs13279901sharifs
arias55438022__arias
charas114223612char_as
charkas164810962charkas
dharmas1356512dharmas
dharnas1155372dharnas
gharial1137342gharial
gharials1245122gharials
sarins63932622s_arins
saris54544952s_ari_s
shairds11216262shairds
shairns10276782shairns
shamas113717942sha_mas
shammas14358722shammas
shards104319172shar_ds
sharers104720622sharers
shares95236412shar_es
sharif122917122shari_f
sharing113723242sharing
sharks135019722shar_ks
sharns95516982shar_ns
sharpies13411222sharpies
sharps115516082shar_ps
shavies134213202shavies
sherifs13299682sherifs
sherpas1238092sherpas
shortias1148092shortias
shris84221452sh_ri_s
sparids103512122sparids
stadias8411112stadias
thorias102312052thorias
varias95019902_varias

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 Limit107671363.32632372.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.71848061.1
 
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