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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 “sofars” 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.

63 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
sofars9471278(None) 
shofars1335831shofars
soars54732511so_ars
sofar86115491sofar_
sofas85320711sofa_s
sonars64818971sonars
sowars94318011sowars
afars85716512_afars
boars75229602bo_ars
boyars115611982boyars
gofers104711512gofers
hoars85925552ho_ars
isobars936592isobars
jowars16369652jowars
molars85517322molars
oars46846032_o_ars
ofays11488922_ofays
polars84419352polars
roars55622242ro_ars
safari91110222safari
safaris101110662safaris
scars75433532s_cars
sears54744912s_ears
sewars94018632sewars
shears93820902shears
shofar1236312shofar_
simars84916932simars
sitars65417592sitars
sizars154812622sizars
smears84714432smears
soaks95220292so_aks
soaps75120712so_aps
soar46838672so_ar_
sobas74424252soba_s
sobers85218862sobers
socas74026182soca_s
sodas64123542soda_s
sofa75625602sofa__
softas94410402softas
softs85019232sof_ts
sojas124716392soja_s
solans64122492solans
solar55927342solar_
somans84619302somans
somas76030372soma_s
sonar56523422sonar_
sopors85215202sopors
soras55041012sora_s
souari6311382souari
souaris7312332souaris
soucars938422soucars
sours55230502so_urs
sowans94215892sowans
sowar85821342sowar_
sowcars1236012sowcars
sowers94923442sowers
soyas84520912soya_s
spars75431542s_pars
spears84019472spears
stars55836572s_tars
sugars7312422sugars
swears94114072swears
tolars64817942tolars

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551632.29635954.3
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.68866477.3
 
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