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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 “target” 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.

70 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
target7502891(None) 
garget84327271garget
parget94529391parget
targe65227101targe_
targes74524601targes
targets84314221targets
argent74023662_argent
argot67728652_argot
armet76739452_armet
barbet104427882barbet
barge85631022barge_
barged105822642barged
bargee94624452bargee
barges94528252barges
barret84930492barret
caret75360562car_et
carnet84732872carnet
carpet104530092carpet
forget106326392forget
gadget93616182gadget
gargets94614572gargets
gargety12388042gargety
garnet73928412garnet
garret74426562garret
gorget87123862gorget
large65325462large_
larger74417512larger
larges74824232larges
largest83715102largest
marge85328332marge_
margent10316692margent
marges94525712marges
market123226042market
parge85831852parge_
parged104922042parged
parges94529542parges
pargets105215192pargets
retarget9312742retarget
sarge65531132sarge_
sarges75128592sarges
starlet71620122starlet
tablet84227642tablet
tacet75840022ta_cet
tacket124627492tacket
tagged93418132tagged
tagger84017712tagger
tanged84622512tanged
tangent8315002tangent
tappet103820112tappet
tare45957622tar_e_
tared69340052tar_ed
tares57456562tar_es
targeted1037482targeted
tarot55943932tar_ot
tarre55825632tarre_
tarred74720282tarred
tarres64723042tarres
tart47566182tar__t
tarted74923372tarted
tarter64023562tarter
tartest72517532tartest
tartlet72218482tartlet
tasset65925312tasset
taught104312242taught
tercet83624912tercet
terret63425622terret
tret46653532t_r_et
turgent8712392turgent
turret63121852turret
varlet9423502varlet

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 Limit82551702.32635490.5
3Display Results70700.0164375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691702.68566551.6
 
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