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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 “desugars” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
desugars104337(None) 
desugar944031desugar_
desugared1242662desugared
sugars7312422__sugars
beggars11378223be_ggars
belugas1035903beluga_s
besmears1234543besmears
cesuras958693cesura_s
cougars1038443_cougars
dears65736883de___ars
debars94218043de__bars
debuggers1442713debuggers
debugs10467823debug__s
defusers12487363defusers
degas75119163de__ga_s
deluders10156433deluders
deluges9169263delug_es
demurs939773demu__rs
denars74621433de__nars
denuders10165873denuders
deodars937623de_odars
designers1136003designers
designs9328313desig_ns
desirers939263desirers
desmans1039003des_mans
despairs1144943despairs
desugaring1343263desugaring
desulfurs1342243desulfurs
dewars105117073de__wars
disbars10310323dis_bars
eggars8398973_e_ggars
escars83913133_es_cars
eschars1237183_eschars
eskars10357593_es_kars
feuars938653fe_u_ars
insulars8137323insulars
meshugaas1551263meshugaas
nonsugars1043703nonsugars
realgars934533realgars
regulars936253regulars
resumers1038083resumers
seculars10219393seculars
seggars9377783se_ggars
sugar6312913__sugar_
sugary1039013__sugary

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162457.20320291.8
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.62523434.9
 
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