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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 “sonars” 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.

106 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
sonars6481897(None) 
soars54732511so_ars
sofars94712781sofars
sonar56523421sonar_
sowars94318011sowars
boars75229602bo_ars
boners84825432boners
boyars115611982boyars
denars74621432denars
dinars75417562dinars
donas65926472dona_s
donors75115792donors
gnars66718852_gnars
gonads84511732gonads
goners74420172goners
hoars85925552ho_ars
honans94814502honans
honers94324972honers
honors94816792honors
isobars936592isobars
jowars16369652jowars
knars94416112_knars
loners64225812loners
lunars65012812lunars
molars85517322molars
monads94515302monads
monas74732152mona_s
nonart6319192nonart
nonarts7311302nonarts
nonas55126652nona_s
nonwars10109002nonwars
oars46846032_o_ars
polars84419352polars
roars55622242ro_ars
sangars83116252sangars
sansars73313912sansars
scars75433532s_cars
sears54744912s_ears
senary93716072senary
senors63620782senors
sewars94018622sewars
shears93820902shears
shnaps1148082shnaps
shofars1335832shofars
simars84916932simars
sitars65417592sitars
sizars154812622sizars
smears84714432smears
snags64421312s_nags
snaps74719562s_naps
snare54429982s_nare
snares65329032s_nares
snarf86525422s_narf
snarfs95113422s_narfs
snark95419942s_nark
snarks104815732s_narks
snarl54921082s_narl
snarls64016872s_narls
snaws86116362s_naws
soaks95220292so_aks
soaps75120712so_aps
soar46838672so_ar_
sobas74424252soba_s
sobers85218862sobers
socas74026182soca_s
sodas64123542soda_s
sofar86115492sofar_
sofas85320712sofa_s
sojas124716392soja_s
solans64122492solans
solar55927342solar_
somans84619302somans
somas76030372soma_s
sonant6621952sonant
sonants7511232sonants
sonata6313222sonata
sonatas7510292sonatas
sonders83820712sonders
sondes74922872sondes
sones55444142son_es
songs67725552son_gs
sonics84315632sonics
sons46049552son__s
sooners73916642sooners
sopors85215202sopors
soras55041012sora_s
sorners73416872sorners
souari6311382souari
souaris7312332souaris
soucars938422soucars
sours55230502so_urs
sowans94215892sowans
sowar85821342sowar_
sowcars1236012sowcars
sowers94923442sowers
soyas84520912soya_s
spars75431542s_pars
spears84019472spears
stars55836572s_tars
stoners74817952stoners
sugars7312422sugars
swears94114072swears
tolars64817942tolars
toners64128002toners
zonary1838792zonary
zoners155115992zoners

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit825511062.48333246.5
3Display Results1061060.0303533.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911062.62368124.7
 
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