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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 “dwarfs” 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.

39 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
dwarfs1343627(None) 
dwarf126015241dwarf_
swarfs125612061swarfs
arfs76029962__arfs
awards107113452awards
barfs104826002_barfs
bedwarfs17113582bedwarfs
daffs125116422d_affs
darbs85323262d_arbs
dares66146702d_ares
darks106727872d_arks
darns66927892d_arns
darts67635732d_arts
dears65736882dear_s
dewars105117072dewar_s
draffs13617902draffs
dwarfed1533482dwarfed
dwarfer1433682dwarfer
dwarfest1543472dwarfest
dwarfish1843782dwarfish
dwarfism1742292dwarfism
dwarves1434462dwarves
scarfs114714682scarfs
snarfs95113422snarfs
swards105415132swards
swarf115324652swarf_
swarms116112172swarms
waffs146315472_waffs
waifs115719872_waifs
wards97734402_wards
wares88250582_wares
warks127932402_warks
warms107726852_warms
warns87231002_warns
warps107126422_warps
wars78659802_war_s
warts814840402_warts
wharfs1546372wharfs
zarfs174713622_zarfs

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551392.22037185.1
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691392.54670185.0
 
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