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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 “kaleyards” 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.

28 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
kaleyards177329(None) 
kaleyard1683571kaleyard_
ballyards1544992ballyards
halyards1576242hal_yards
kailyards1743202kailyards
alegars838933_alegar_s
backyards2146533backyards
ballyard1445893ballyard_
barnyards1543493barnyards
bayards13379683ba__yards
beeyards1444593_beeyards
boneyards1584623boneyards
coalyards1543533coal_yards
farmyards1842813farmyards
foreyards1645503foreyards
galliards1194543galliards
graveyards18111553graveyards
halliards13104933halliards
halyard1476973hal_yard_
haulyards1682833haulyards
kailyard1643503kailyard_
kalends1235683kale__nds
keycards1843063k__eycards
lanyards1266393la_nyards
mallards1138323mal_lards
tanyards1276183ta_nyards
tiltyards1362593tiltyards
vineyards1643223vineyards

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641286.09324395.4
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691286.53227356.2
 
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