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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 “milkweed” 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.

48 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
milkweed184335(None) 
milkweeds1942781milkweeds
silkweed1643221silkweed
mildewed1543762mildewed
milked134612572milk__ed
milkshed1842942milkshed
milkwood1843452milkwood
silkweeds1742602silkweeds
bilked134012943bilk__ed
bindweed1543793bindweed
bullweed1444753bullweed
chickweed2443163chickweed
duckweed1943023duckweed
fireweed1545353fireweed
gulfweed1641953gulfweed
hawkweed2242203hawkweed
mayweed1634163m_ayweed
miaowed1333883miaow_ed
midweek1743273mi_dweek
miked125020453mi_k__ed
milded104416153mil__ded
mildened1235773mildened
milker124814323milk__er
milkers134411613milk_ers
milkier133411163milk_ier
milkiest142911083milkiest
milkless1434773milkless
milkmaid1742683milkmaid
milkmen1565213milk_men
milksheds1941733milksheds
milkwoods1943383milkwoods
milkwort1745493milkwort
milled94326173mil__led
milleped1335173milleped
milliped1337383milliped
milted93919943mil__ted
misdeed113211053mi_sdeed
misfeed13389683mi_sfeed
miskeep1536403misk_eep
oilseed835783oil_seed
pigweed1465093pi_gweed
pinweed1346933pi_nweed
richweed17163583richweed
rockweed1843313rockweed
silked114314813silk__ed
stickweed1983383stickweed
stinkweed1762483stinkweed
tickseed1584513tickseed

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162486.65621959.4
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691487.10925135.9
 
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