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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 “sofar” 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.

80 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
sofar8611549(None) 
shofar1236311shofar
soar46838671so_ar
sofa75625601sofa_
sofars94712781sofars
sofas85320711sofas
solar55927341solar
sonar56523421sonar
sowar85821341sowar
afar76720782_afar
boar66134292bo_ar
bolar75123472bolar
boyar106013762boyar
far67762602__far
gofer94814282gofer
hoar76729162ho_ar
insofar1043542insofar
isobar836142isobar
jowar155211432jowar
lobar7313012lobar
molar75223092molar
oar37057952_o_ar
ofay106416102_ofay
osar46820952_osar
polar75623452polar
roar46328572ro_ar
safari91110222safari
safer84721812safer
scar66434202s_car
sear47353842s_ear
sewar85421102sewar
shear85424832shear
shofars1335832shofars
simar74920812simar
sitar54820542sitar
sizar145214992sizar
smear74416392smear
soak87227662so_ak
soap65831132so_ap
soars54732512so_ars
soba64927922soba_
sobas74424252sobas
sober74822412sober
soca66330052soca_
socas74026182socas
soda56329382soda_
sodas64123542sodas
soft76942822sof_t
softa86415182softa
softas94410402softas
softer94015312softer
softs85019232softs
softy115414482softy
soja115619512soja_
sojas124716392sojas
sola45541862sola_
solan55328152solan
soma65635292soma_
soman75024902soman
somas76030372somas
sonars64818972sonars
sopor74016492sopor
sora45746912sora_
soras55041012soras
sorer56236592sorer
souari6311382souari
soucar839322soucar
sour45935892so_ur
sowars94318012sowars
sowcar1135862sowcar
sower85229312sower
soya75724432soya_
soyas84520912soyas
spar65433302s_par
spear75821062spear
star48037762s_tar
sugar6312912sugar
swear85316852swear
tolar55524112tolar
volar86917412volar

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 Filter178691538000.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit53800801.70331591.3
3Display Results80800.0136153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691802.07686074.7
 
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