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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 “barques” 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.

43 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
barques1825964(None) 
baroques1934861baroques
barque17239551barque_
basques18248671basques
marques182610861marques
argues74516412_argues
banquet1839782banquet
banquets1935432banquets
barbeques22103872barbeques
barbes104526232bar_bes
barbies114519592barbies
barbules1238042barbules
barbuts11439842barbuts
bardes95026932bar_des
bareges105212032bareges
bares75457132bar__es
bargees105415872bargees
barges94528252bar_ges
barguest1137162barguest
barites94322332barites
bariums1139142bariums
baroque1835102baroque_
barres84427542bar_res
baryes116218502bar_yes
barytes124611152barytes
basque17259082basque_
battues94610192battues
bisques18236892bisques
bosques18217972bosques
caiques18248792caiques
calques182710192calques
casques18278982casques
cirques1836462cirques
marque172410502marque_
marquee18218582marquee
marquees19206242marquees
marquess19204952marquess
marquis18247062marquis
masques18239362masques
parquet18311582parquet
parquets1936412parquets
sacques18106862sacques
torques16217512torques

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671433.48330913.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.88945947.8
 
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