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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 “blare” 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.

171 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
blare7582623(None) 
bare65460521b_are
blade85923331blade
blae66134641bla_e
blame95625491blame
blared95018241blared
blares85021631blares
blase75524231blase
blate75933781blate
blaze165520831blaze
flare84823631flare
glare65222951glare
ablate82219212ablate
ablaze17239832ablaze
aglare7312422aglare
alae45643752ala_e
alane56135612alane
alar46340072alar_
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
alate55340322alate
are37874572__are
aware86420022aware
babe86835822b_abe
bade75140882b_ade
bake105637512b_ake
bale66353842b_ale
baler75635272baler
bane65250432b_ane
bar58070552b_ar_
barb85240062b_arb
barbe95328282b_arbe
bard75648862b_ard
barde85330772b_arde
bared85144482b_ared
barer74535802b_arer
bares75457132b_ares
barf95844412b_arf
barge85631022b_arge
bark106242152b_ark
barm86739602b_arm
barn66444642b_arn
barre75929542barre
bars66564092b_ars
barye105021492b_arye
base64847022b_ase
bate66552422b_ate
bear66844642bear_
beard86024962beard
bearer85323912bearer
bears75739042bears
beware11313712beware
blab86629132bla_b
blabs95619632blabs
black134719072black
bladed104717762bladed
blader93618582blader
blades95221252blades
blaff135216482blaff
blah98625062bla_h
blahs105616512blahs
blain75421792blain
blam86131702bla_m
blamed116017952blamed
blamer104417142blamer
blames105121862blames
blams95023852blams
bland85320452bland
blank115418552blank
blarney12174762blarney
blast76532572blast
blat66550952bla_t
blats75132502blats
blaw97026722bla_w
blawed124713892blawed
blawn106813702blawn
blaws105620462blaws
blazed184314712blazed
blazer174414022blazer
blazes174817352blazes
blear75918682blear_
bleared104211252bleared
blears85116452blears
bleary115112552bleary
blite76225352blite
bloke114316632bloke
blue65328462bl_ue
bluer74918492bluer
blume95619892blume
blur66020532blur_
blurb95214902blurb
blurs74619082blurs
blurt77625622blurt
blype12429672blype
boar66134292boar_
board85523002board
boars75229602boars
boart78835932boart
bolar75123472bolar_
bore66051332b_ore
brace95629272brace
brae65639112bra_e
brake116025342brake
brave104925502brave
braze165423452braze
byre95023852b_yre
care66968372_care
chare105231982chare
clade85821012clade
claret84026572claret
claro75018692claro
clary105719612clary
clave105420152clave
dare55848862_dare
elate55335882elate
fare76354462_fare
flake125119972flake
flame105124442flame
flared105317602flared
flares94521702flares
glace87420152glace
glade75121962glade
glaire74411292glaire
glared84715192glared
glares75518862glares
glary96018542glary
glaze155418162glaze
hare76255732_hare
lace66848472_lace
lade56345982_lade
lake85741602_lake
lame66849292_lame
lane45153332_lane
lar37967532_lar_
lard56742002_lard
laree56036292_laree
lares54852632_lares
large65325462_large
lari45839152_lari
lark85733862_lark
lars46956572_lars
lase46148512_lase
late47560482_late
lave75642142_lave
laze136235052_laze
lire47845292_lire
lore45850352_lore
lure45142462_lure
lyre75623792_lyre
mare64759332_mare
oblate82214742oblate
pare66760842_pare
place94824612place
plage84520402plage
plane74929142plane
plate74635112plate
quare143920542quare
rare45348432_rare
scare75334462scare
share86437082share
slake93724052slake
slate55438282slate
slave84224032slave
snare54429982snare
spare75135562spare
stare54440262stare
sware85828212sware
tare45957622_tare
urare56322552urare
ware76254722_ware
yare75636942_yare

Search took 3 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 Limit538001711.64032804.9
3Display Results1711710.0463717.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911711.99989390.2
 
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