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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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85 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
wield9521391(None) 
bield84614651bield
field95015321field
weld84727731w_eld
wields10469621wields
wieldy13476181wieldy
wild85126521wi_ld
wiled95231551wiled
yield9519691yield
afield1035952afield
ailed66240282ailed
bields94110002bields
chield124610212chield
died66137862die_d
diel59034612diel_
eld46733802__eld
fields104211042fields
fiend95312982fiend
filed95331902filed
fjeld16465582fjeld
geld65828432_geld
gied64631992gie_d
gild65526522gi_ld
held85330402_held
hied85434052hie_d
lied55838102lie_d
meld75830472_meld
mild75330862mi_ld
oiled64429472oiled
pied75035372pie_d
piled85232992piled
riel46432392riel_
riels55121332riels
riled65833252riled
shield106212972shield
sild55030592si_ld
tied55535222tie_d
tiled64832942tiled
veld85323202_veld
vied86328642vie_d
wailed104823592wailed
waled94331002waled
weald95615022weald
wed75843632w_e_d
weed85637512w_eed
weel75834082weel_
weird95111282weird
welds94719162w_elds
well75832042w_ell
welt75547862w_elt
wend85330452w_end
whelk154311062whelk
whelm134611982whelm
whelp136012092whelp
whiled134514132whiled
widely133311032widely
wielded12216682wielded
wielder11197672wielder
wifed125117742wifed
wifely15429422wifely
wilds94818212wi_lds
wile75944382wi_le
wiles85437872wiles
will75737522wi_ll
willed104722452willed
wills84528962wills
willy115321912willy
wilt76246302wi_lt
wily106428822wi_ly
wind85533862wi_nd
wined94434182wined
wiped114722082wiped
wired95327642wired
wised95123342wised
wisely122711712wisely
wited94727142wited
wived125121502wived
woald94813072woald
wold85429072w_old
world96915362world
would95513152would
wried95518562wrie_d
wyled124611842wyled
yeld811423872_yeld
yields10466842yields

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.48336277.8
3Display Results85850.0302833.3
 (SQL Overall)178691851.82697859.3
 
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