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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 “smarty” 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.

59 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
smarty11501379(None) 
smarmy13629351smarmy
smart75834091smart_
smartly12497431smartly
smarts86218001smarts
swarty125812381swarty
arty77531312__arty
hearty126313632hearty
malty106721702_malty
marly106925612_marly
marry104821692_marry
mart66865982_mart_
marts77442232_marts
martyr1135692_martyr
marvy135014032_marvy
party106630612_party
salty85524382s_alty
sarky125521782s_arky
scanty114014662scanty
scarey115016982scarey
scarry116311182scarry
scart76139772scart_
scarts85321492scarts
scary105222592scar_y
scatty115310652scatty
shanty124715122shanty
sharny124711832sharny
sharpy145211032sharpy
shirty124312562shirty
shorty124313202shorty
slanty95114842slanty
slaty86523152sla_ty
smalt74729332smalt_
smalti84111192smalti
smalto84410282smalto
smalts85214892smalts
smarm95517602smar_m
smarms105712532smarms
smarted105012612smarted
smarten9348862smarten
smarter94113132smarter
smartie9310172smartie
smeary114110802smear_y
smirky15406942smirky
smutty11266322smutty
snarky134210842snarky
snarly93815002snarly
sparky154511522sparky
sparry115111302sparry
sporty115112492sporty
starry94911672starry
start55642312start_
starts65423122starts
startsy10536702startsy
swart86234642swart_
swarth126012082swarth
swarthy16466372swarthy
tarty86328182_tarty
warty119323822_warty

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551592.61031628.7
3Display Results59590.0134538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691592.99959583.5
 
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