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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 “harper” 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.

162 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
harper11501840(None) 
carper104923631carper
hamper134518651hamper
harder105022401harder
harmer114719551harmer
harped124418401harped
harpers124916201harpers
sharper124312701sharper
warper114015581warper
aper66336232_a_per
armer76924442_armer
arpen74418042_arpen
asper75520432_asper
barber104419322barber
barer74535802bar_er
barker124822862barker
barter85525372barter
camper124722212camper
caper94831622ca_per
capper124421982capper
carder94524182carder
career85822242career
carer74942332car_er
carped115923762carped
carpel105418472carpel
carpers114521252carpers
carpet104530092carpet
carter84932272carter
carver114420152carver
champer163813412champer
charger133914062charger
charier124317902charier
charmer144913662charmer
charter123918302charter
chirper14359962chirper
damper114117752damper
dapper114016632dapper
darer65230792dar_er
darker114718692darker
darner74017302darner
darter75320362darter
dorper94314572dorper
draper94315692draper
earner63617222earner
farcer115016082farcer
farer86733142far_er
farmer115017372farmer
gaper86125122ga_per
garner73917002garner
garter74420512garter
gasper94515542gasper
gawper12499692gawper
hacker154822692hacker
hafter124815882hafter
hailer94720342hailer
hairier103111052hairier
haler85033522ha_ler
halter94420882halter
hammer138120032hammer
hampers143616952hampers
hanaper1237132hanaper
hander104526432hander
hanger104023252hanger
hanker134622092hanker
happed144820102happed
happen134812192happen
happier143312042happier
harbor11410722harbor
harden105718532harden
hardier114721542hardier
hare76255732har_e_
hared95742182har_ed
hareem114312062hareem
harem104924452har_em
hares86255542har_es
harked145422552harked
harken135116342harken
harmed125218832harmed
harmers124116592harmers
harp96134292harp__
harpies123818322harpies
harpin113614382harpin
harps105926872harp_s
harpy136418212harp_y
harrier104417752harrier
harsher13310362harsher
hasped125014442hasped
hater85034752ha_ter
hatter94724872hatter
hauler95015122hauler
haver115124462ha_ver
hawker164812662hawker
hawser125910842hawser
hayer114620242ha_yer
hazer174820232ha_zer
hazier184712402hazier
heaper114119522heaper
hearer94323642hear_er
helper114313092helper
hepper133412662hepper
herder104516462herder
herpes115517322herpes
hipper133818022hipper
hirer85423122hir_er
hoarder11329232hoarder
hoarier104211742hoarier
hoarser10388392hoarser
hooper114518312hooper
hoper105829142h_oper
hopper134218482hopper
humper134115882humper
hurler94717222hurler
hurter93915852hurter
hyper135213902h_yper
japer146218882ja_per
jasper154610382jasper
lapper104319952lapper
larder73720972larder
larger74417512larger
larker104519242larker
mapper124516092mapper
marker124420392marker
marrer83716672marrer
napper103718282napper
pamper124316662pamper
paper95128662pa_per
parer75839902par_er
parker124121372parker
parser84822372parser
pauper103511942pauper
raper74932752ra_per
rapper104621572rapper
rarer54731702rar_er
rasper83917332rasper
sapper103822352sapper
scarper114814822scarper
shaper114119932sha_per
sharer95025482shar_er
sharker144313812sharker
sharped134112052sharped
sharpen12389722sharpen
sharpers133810942sharpers
tamper104618512tamper
taper74829772ta_per
tapper104419612tapper
tarter64023562tarter
vamper134212652vamper
varier94619352varier
warder104020272warder
warier93722892warier
warmer113816732warmer
warner93717222warner
warped124816412warped
warpers123413582warpers
whapper17348272whapper
yapper133714512yapper
yarder103813972yarder
yarer84321572yar_er
yarner93313062yarner
yauper11368542yauper
yawper14437952yawper
zapper193414022zapper

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit825511622.73630172.1
3Display Results1621620.0463521.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911623.13856944.2
 
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