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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 “shikar” 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.

34 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
shikar133680(None) 
shikari1444511shikari
shikars1436181shikars
chimar133911472chimar
chukar1534632chukar
hiker125119392_hiker
hilar85418142_hilar
shaker134319462shaker
shear85424832sh_ear
shibah14387472shibah
shicker163914822shicker
shier85428942shi_er
shikaree1544832shikaree
shikaris1544922shikaris
shikker13277022shikker
shiksa1394652shiksa
shiksas1484642shiksas
shikse1386072shikse
shiner93820872shiner
shirker143711342shirker
shirr84716922shi_rr
shiva115915002shiva_
shivah15488542shivah
shivas124512412shivas
shiver124517372shiver
shmear1176932shmear
shofar1236312shofar
sika86021322s_ika_
sikas94617022s_ikas
siker95326032s_iker
simar74920812s_imar
sitar54820542s_itar
sizar145214992s_izar
spiker124315662spiker

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.45333653.1
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.79663909.5
 
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