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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 “collard” 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.

33 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
collard10371292(None) 
bollard103210501bollard
collar83816171collar_
collards113310191collards
collared113211141collared
collars93816571collars
pollard103511141pollard
bollards11339152bollards
cellar84514982cellar_
cellared11398802cellared
cellars93713692cellars
coalyard1444092coalyard
colead94114642colea_d
collage102813762collage
collaged12279972collaged
collaret103116702collaret
collate92919682collate
collated113615062collated
collied103316682collied
colloid10312882colloid
costard104113352costard
coward12411672co_ward
dollar74110982dollar_
dollars83311022dollars
dullard936602dullard
foulard11257282foulard
goliard936072goliard
holard10410572ho_lard
hollaed11359852hollaed
holland11349472holland
mallard10310272mallard
pollards11299522pollards
poulard10299732poulard

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671333.50030763.1
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.87346137.6
 
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