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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 “oxford” 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.

86 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
oxford176366(None) 
oxfords1842891oxfords
afford1346492afford
ford86835492__ford
accord1178843accord
affords1435023affords
afore85818603_afore
before11410153before
bifold1237223bifold
biform1368123biform
boxboard2044613boxboard
boxwood2045243boxwood
byword1535053byword
chord115917263_chord
comfort143611693comfort
concord12510343concord
conform14310463conform
cord76740923__cord
deform1259623deform
effort1238623effort
enfold10137613enfold
exhort16410803exhort
export15412183export
extort13513973extort
fard85639063__fard
fiord94313343_fiord
fjord16477023_fjord
fold86528943__fold
fond86330953__fond
food86830573__food
for66952073__for_
fora75937393__fora
forb97131333__forb
fordo97218653__fordo
fords95328183__fords
fore78351473__fore
fork115930943__fork
form95836873__form
fort76456443__fort
foxfire2042563foxfire
infold10128163infold
inform11310153inform
ixora1236913ix_ora
lord55032083__lord
milord999573milord
nonfood1156653nonfood
nonword1149153nonword
odor55718093o_dor_
odored8399223o_dored
odors64514283o_dors
offed12359163o_ffed
offend13365663offend
offer114311383offer_
offered1436143offered
offers12349963offers
offload1443203offload
ogdoad943523ogdoad
onboard1046503onboard
onefold1144493onefold
onload7268633onload
onward1039053onward
opioid9310083opioid
oviform1544813oviform
ovoid94811023o_void
oxblood1743603oxblood
oxbow1734443oxbo_w
oxbows1833713oxbows
oxcart1539523oxcart
oxid12815483ox__id
oxo107322963ox_o__
oxter123414093oxter_
oxters134813273oxters
oxymora1942653oxymora
record96117433record
refold103812113refold
reform11312713reform
reword106321413reword
sixfold1842723sixfold
sord56237203__sord
sword95214123_sword
telford1145153telford
toxoid1438153tox_oid
unfold10179703unfold
unfond10149113unfond
upfold12124953upfold
word89832003__word

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911127160.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit112716864.98322620.1
3Display Results86860.0302866.7
 (SQL Overall)178691865.38933158.5
 
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