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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 “laari” 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.

49 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
laari5441571(None) 
lari45839151l_ari
abri65522212_abri
acari75020282acari
alar46340072alar_
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
haar77323492haar_
haars85620472haars
kauri93811852kauri
labara83712892labara
labra75415462labra
lahar83114262lahar_
lahars94013162lahars
lair45934152lair_
laird65417792laird
lairs55425872lairs
lanai5319572lanai
lar37967532l_ar_
lard56742002l_ard
laris54737462l_aris
lark85733862l_ark
lars46956572l_ars
lassi56316852lassi
lathi85417202lathi
lati46438272l_ati
latria62313592latria
laura54116202laura
lazar144113642lazar_
lazars153812392lazars
lear47045952lear_
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
liar47229682liar_
liard65418592liard
liars54723162liars
libri74610112libri
liri45128252l_iri
lyard95113212lyard
lyart85121882lyart
maar66025062maar_
maars74621632maars
padri85815172padri
safari91110222safari
sari45444042_sari
tamari8313402tamari
uakari1046862uakari
urari54619962urari

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800491.71631352.0
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.04587379.5
 
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