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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 “leftwards” 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.

26 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
leftwards165245(None) 
leftward1562731leftward_
leewards1244982le_ewards
leotards945302leot_ards
westwards1643392westwards
becowards1743843becowards
bedwards1596393be_dwards
delftwares1751333delftwares
eastwards1344253eastwards
giftwares1642213giftwares
landwards1445503landwards
leeboards1244793leeboards
leeward1135783le_eward_
leopards1144753le_opards
leotard846193leot_ard_
outwards1299123_outwards
petards104311153pe_t_ards
rearwards1344803rearwards
rerewards1344643rerewards
retards85015003re_t_ards
rewards114813993re__wards
seawards1237203se_awards
selfwards1642733selfwards
softwares1564113softwares
westward1543823westward_
wetwares1445963we_twares

Search took 10 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 Limit148641268.90616690.0
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691269.34519121.6
 
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