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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 “award” 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.

92 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
award9711804(None) 
awards107113451awards
aware86420021aware
sward94221461sward
vaward13498721vaward
ward86542251_ward
aboard9312612aboard
acari75020282acari
acarid95017072acarid
afar76720782afar_
afars85716512afars
afeard1058262afeard
agar58726412agar_
agars66120642agars
airward1148132airward
ajar116217702ajar_
aland65526412aland
alar46340072alar_
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
apart74330672apart
aswarm11107912aswarm
awa611939672awa__
await85524492await
awake125014782awake
awaked14579202awaked
awarded1236222awarded
awardee1137562awardee
awarder1135892awarder
awash116613162awash
away108024222awa_y
aweary1237302aweary
awed88436032aw_ed
awkward1843182awkward
awned96615952awned
awry107619682aw_ry
bard75648862_bard
bayard124411662bayard
beard86024962beard
board85523002board
canard9314762canard
card710245872_card
chard116124742chard
coward12411672coward
dwarf126015242dwarf
fard85639062_fard
guard74415542guard
hard85443502_hard
hayward1736412hayward
hazard1938402hazard
heard95222752heard
hoard94918312hoard
inward10310332inward
lard56742002_lard
liard65418592liard
lyard95113212lyard
manward1349092manward
mazard1838762mazard
nard56634452_nard
onward1039052onward
pard76441322_pard
reward106017642reward
sard55344242_sard
seaward1148182seaward
shard96125962shard
swards105415132swards
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
sword95214122sword
tabard9313332tabard
toward10311062toward
upward12147162upward
vanward1456942vanward
vawards14457572vawards
wad77053892_wa_d
wand85833882_wand
war67262422_war_
wards97734402_wards
ware76254722_ware
wared96339872_wared
wark115737772_wark
warm95935672_warm
warn75239322_warn
warp95635002_warp
wars78659802_wars
wart77866082_wart
wary106740012_wary
wayward1736052wayward
word89832002_word
yard85633252_yard

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800921.53035163.4
3Display Results92920.0165750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691921.84297009.2
 
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