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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 “coastward” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
coastward154355(None) 
coastwards1643061coastwards
coastguard1451572coastguard
coastland1243682coastland
costard104113352co_st_ard
eastward1244992_eastward
bastard103012423_bast_ard
boatyard1444073boa_tyard
coalyard1444093coa_lyard
coastal9411043coast_a_l
coasted104015953coast__ed
coaster94219043coast_er_
coasters104317333coast_ers
coastguards1551453coastguards
coastlands1343313coastlands
coastwise1463023coastwise
costar85518613co_st_ar_
costards113510793co_st_ards
costars94218013co_st_ars
costmary1545053co_stmary
courtyard1542193courtyard
coward12411673co___ward
custard10389973c_ust_ard
dastard9279703_dast_ard
eastwards1344253_eastwards
goalward1343493goa_lward
outward11811403_o_utward
postcard1346523po_stcard
postwar1236903po_stwar_
westward1543823_westward

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641307.76619140.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.20221786.3
 
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