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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 “holard” 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.

41 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
holard1041057(None) 
hoard94918311ho_ard
holards1148431holards
board85523002bo_ard
bolar75123472bolar_
bollard103210502bollard
boyard125411282boyard
collard103712922collard
coward12411672coward
dotard839052dotard
foulard11257282foulard
goliard936072goliard
halyard1476972halyard
hard85443502h__ard
hazard1938402hazard
heard95222752h_eard
hilar85418142hilar_
hoar76729162ho_ar_
hoards104912622ho_ards
hoars85925552ho_ars
hoary114516762ho_ary
hodad10311352hoda_d
hold86235062hol__d
holed95634132hol_ed
holked144913662holked
hollaed11359852hollaed
holland11349472holland
horary12310382horary
lard56742002__lard
molar75223092molar_
molars85517322molars
polar75623452polar_
polars84419352polars
pollard103511142pollard
poulard10299732poulard
soland75115042soland
solar55927342solar_
tolar55524112tolar_
tolars64817942tolars
toward10311062toward
volar86917412volar_

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.15638289.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.51571050.1
 
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