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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 “farmhands” 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.

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
farmhands184335(None) 
farmhand1743561farmhand_
farmlands1543861farmlands
armbands1355142_armbands
barehands1545252barehands
farmland1454232farmland_
farmyards1842812farmyards
forehands1656742forehands
armband1265983_armband_
backhands2146303backhands
barchans1588683barchan_s
barehand1446153barehand_
barmaids1345943barm_aids
darshans1286543darshan_s
fahlbands1842633fahlbands
fairylands1762273fairylands
farads104713273far__a_ds
farmings14298223farm_ings
farmyard1742833farmyard_
farthings1635233farthings
filmlands1542903filmlands
firmans12238523firm_an_s
forehand1537693forehand_
forelands1347173forelands
formants13269953form_ants
garlands1038323gar_lands
gormands1266563gorm_ands
marchlands1843243marchlands
marshlands1642763marshlands
parklands1654713parklands
sarabands1245593sarabands
yardlands1443583yardlands
yardwands1742683yardwands

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641336.33023482.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.74926476.7
 
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