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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 “debar” 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.

98 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
debar8551786(None) 
dear55343601de_ar
debag94212301debag
debark134210941debark
debars94218041debars
denar65223291denar
dewar95817731dewar
kebar115113531kebar
rebar75420191rebar
bar58070552__bar
bear66844642be_ar
cedar84014322cedar
damar84117742damar
darbar959952darbar
dead65434242de_ad
deaf85838402de_af
deair65817192deair
deal56347412de_al
dean56039482de_an
dears65736882de_ars
deary95826842de_ary
deb66342692deb__
debags104211062debags
debarks14388492debarks
debase94014472debase
debaser103510412debaser
debate94419192debate
debater104114692debater
debeak1336762debeak
debeard1137352debeard
debit85727852debit
debs76530242deb_s
debt77139022deb_t
debtor938332debtor
debts86418372debts
debug94210062debug
debut86024142debut
debye1138902debye
decaf114919442decaf
decal85523232decal
decare93919152decare
decay114718482decay
decor84717572decor
dedal75719022dedal
deer56739022de_er
defat95426692defat
defer94619752defer
degas75119162degas
dekare112811562dekare
delay94820632delay
demark134211022demark
demur8311162demur
denari710917352denari
denars74621432denars
denary105316862denary
deodar837712deodar
depart94720562depart
derat65044082derat
deray95024182deray
deter65028042deter
deva85720982deva_
devas96218882devas
dewan95718042dewan
dewars105117072dewars
dewax165510852dewax
dinar66319892dinar
disbar938512disbar
dobra85013102dobra
drear65016902drear
durbar968722durbar
ear36867882_e_ar
embar94011602embar
eyebar1135322eyebar
fear75337792fe_ar
feuar8310242feuar
fubar1039922fubar
gear55934972ge_ar
hear76143882he_ar
kabar114815552kabar
kbar106514662_kbar
kebab134312002kebab
kebars124112492kebars
lear47045952le_ar
lobar7313012lobar
near45236502ne_ar
pear69745232pe_ar
rear45644552re_ar
rebars84019832rebars
sear47353842se_ar
sewar85421102sewar
sidebar1045562sidebar
tear45242882te_ar
unbar71913612unbar
velar85817632velar
wear75836722we_ar
weber10313522weber
year76534252ye_ar
zebra1637882zebra

Search took 2 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 Limit53800981.48336277.8
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.82997698.7
 
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