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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 “wormwood” 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.

33 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
wormwood174357(None) 
wormwoods1843281wormwoods
cordwood1565602cordwood
corkwood1885212corkwood
porkwood1844462porkwood
wormroot1345112wormroot
bogwood1446413bo_gwood
boxwood2045243bo_xwood
cordwoods16104773cordwoods
corkwoods1964453corkwoods
cormoid12310403corm_oid
dogwood1354913do_gwood
firewood1546303firewood
foreword15118963foreword
formwork2044533formwork
gumwood14114043_gumwood
hardwood16155743hardwood
ironwood1245183ironwood
logwood1255573lo_gwood
porkwoods1973903porkwoods
rosewood1245643rosewood
softwood1543863softwood
sourwood1244403sourwood
torchwood1853103torchwood
wildwood1643593wildwood
wordbook1844063wordbook
workbook1643743workbook
workload1643023workload
workroom1744303workroom
wormed124314303worm__ed
wormhole1644663wormhole
wormroots1442723wormroots
wormseed1442963wormseed

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 Limit146162336.73321708.3
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.17224915.1
 
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