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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 “diaries” 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.

57 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
diaries8332195(None) 
dairies84217731dairies
dearies83526271dearies
apiaries10312722apiaries
aviaries1139782aviaries
bialies93618412bialies
binaries10314182binaries
caries85147622_caries
claries93422202claries
dailies84219262dailies
daisies84217092daisies
darbies104216982d_arbies
dares66146702d_ar_es
darics94314112d_arics
darkies124015752d_arkies
dataries9314032dataries
davies105020512d_avies
dearie73319812dearie_
decries103319802decries
derries83124622derries
diacids1137862diacids
diamides1238822diamides
diamines11311642diamines
diamins10312212diamins
diapirs10347642diapirs
diarchies1546752diarchies
diarist8517112diarist
diarists9410362diarists
diatribes1245532diatribes
diazines1838712diazines
diazins1739182diazins
dickies143416342dickies
didies84621832di_dies
dietaries10410662dietaries
digamies1238642digamies
dillies84122162dillies
dingies93618242dingies
dinkies123716032dinkies
diorites9313522diorites
dirges84915102di_rges
dirties83119382dirties
ditties83116982ditties
divvies1457662divvies
dizzies16279752dizzies
dories75232362d_ories
dowries114413982dowries
drearies92313412drearies
dries64733672d__ries
durries83817352durries
dwarves1434462dwarves
fairies103516042fairies
friaries11310082friaries
ovaries10312652ovaries
paries84742512_paries
varies94330872_varies
vivaries1439262vivaries
wearies103020222wearies

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671573.47031029.1
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691573.60649553.8
 
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