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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 “eastward” 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.

44 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
eastward124499(None) 
eastwards1344251eastwards
bastard103012422bast_ard
coastward1543552coastward
dastard9279702dast_ard
earthward1643452earthward
westward1543822westward
airward1148133_airward
aswarm11107913_as_warm
award97118043_a__ward
awkward1843183_awkward
backward2048103backward
bastards113310313bast_ards
bastardy14326003bast_ardy
bustard10389723bust_ard
coastwards1643063coastwards
costard104113353cost_ard
custard10389973cust_ard
dastards10278083dast_ards
earthwards1753133earthwards
easter65027983east_er_
eastern74412533east_ern
easters75125683east_ers
estuary1034683e_stuary
hayward1736413ha_yward
landward1345823landward
leastways1542313leastways
leftward1562733leftward
manward1349093ma_nward
misaward1464593misaward
mustard10359533must_ard
outward11811403_outward
password1444843password
postcard1346523postcard
postwar1236903postwar_
rearward1245783rea_rward
seastrand1043673seastrand
seaward1148183sea__ward
steward1138063__steward
sward94221463__s_ward
vanward1456943va_nward
vaward13498723va__ward
wayward1736053wa_yward
westwards1643393westwards

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162447.11020557.2
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.54623680.2
 
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