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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 “toward” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
toward1031106(None) 
coward12411671coward
towards1138781towards
award97118042_award
board85523002bo_ard
boyard125411282boyard
cowards1339612cowards
dotard839052dotard
forward1438292forward
froward1436672froward
hoard94918312ho_ard
holard10410572holard
inward10310332inward
jowar155211432jowar_
jowars16369652jowars
onward1039052onward
reward106017632reward
sowar85821342sowar_
sowars94318012sowars
steward1138052steward
sward94221462_sward
tabard9313332tabard
thwart12311682thwart
toad55830182to_a_d
togaed84711342togaed
tolar55524112tolar_
tolars64817942tolars
towage1039832towage
towardly1543652towardly
towed95134582tow_ed
tower85729202tower_
towered112911402towered
towers94423672towers
towery124012092towery
untoward1243192untoward
upward12147162upward
vaward13498722vaward
ward86542252__ward

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 Filter178691825510.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit82551385.70014482.6
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.12629169.3
 
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