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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 “haika” 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.

52 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
haika12531379(None) 
haik115526981haik_
haiks125120931haiks
haiku126113691haiku
babka137812912babka
baiza164813222baiza
charka154011702charka
hack135134542hack_
hacks144928712hacks
haha107821062ha_ha
haikus13538292haikus
hail74839062hai_l
hails85231642hails
haint85436322haint
hair76330142hai_r
hairs86225172hairs
hairy115316832hairy
hake115637842ha_ke
hakim14311832hakim
haku116923892ha_ku
halma108219252halma
halva115414432halva
hamza19139772hamza
haniwa1236742haniwa
hank115134142hank_
hanks126226862hanks
hanky155418292hanky
hansa85416782hansa
hark115237392hark_
harks126333432harks
hawk145521152hawk_
hawks155415702hawks
hike116830392h_ike
hila76228352h_ila
hooka125513902hooka
kaiak8310352kaiak
kaka76518682ka_ka
marka114620792marka
naira5314742naira
paik105726802paik_
paiks114719852paiks
paisa76021072paisa
parka115120882parka
pika106322952_pika
raia46638382rai_a
raita54623072raita
saiga64717932saiga
sika86021322_sika
taiga64115662taiga
taka87623592ta_ka
tanka93817482tanka
zaikai1943712zaikai

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800521.73331044.4
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691522.07985950.5
 
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