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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 “selfwards” 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.

25 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
selfwards164273(None) 
selfward1543091selfward_
seawards1237202se_awards
becowards1743843becowards
bedwards1596393be_dwards
delftwares1751333delftwares
leewards1244983le_ewards
leftwards1652453leftwards
rearwards1344803rearwards
rerewards1344643rerewards
rewards114813993re__wards
seaboards1246443seaboards
seaward1148183se_award_
seawares1139333se_awares
selfhoods1643583selfhoods
sewars94018633se__war_s
sidewards1445053sidewards
skywards1943373s_kywards
sternwards1442613sternwards
stewards1236383s_tewards
sunwards1236443s_unwards
swards105415133s___wards
telfords1244373telf_ords
welfares1445553welf_ares
westwards1643393westwards

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641258.41017674.3
3Display Results25250.0131923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691258.88920102.5
 
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