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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 “aweary” 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.

32 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
aweary123730(None) 
weary115620611_weary
aery77231682a_e_ry
afeard1058262afeard
alary86123442a_lary
ambary134010542ambary
anear55420322anear_
anears63717182anears
angary10311322angary
apery106517902ape_ry
apiary113910382apiary
ariary94114202ariary
aviary12338412aviary
award97118042aw_ard
aware86420022aw_are
away108024222aw_a_y
awry107619682aw__ry
beweary1536222beweary
bleary115112552bleary
deary95826842_deary
dreary104611672dreary
leary85927382_leary
smeary114110802smeary
swear85316852swear_
swears94114072swears
sweaty123710052sweaty
teary85124052_teary
tweaky1634022tweaky
unweary1335842unweary
wary106740012_w_ary
wear75836722_wear_
wears86030302_wears

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit82551322.56332208.7
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.95360511.7
 
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