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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 “beard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

165 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
beard8602496(None) 
bard75648861b_ard
bead75937921bea_d
bear66844641bear_
beards94116671beards
bears75739041bears
board85523001board
heard95222751heard
aboard9312612aboard
afeard1058262afeard
award97118042award
baaed85218162baaed
bad67763152b_a_d
bald76432902b_ald
band76740912b_and
bar58070552b_ar_
barb85240062b_arb
barde85330772b_arde
bards87139642b_ards
bare65460522b_are
bared85144482b_ared
barf95844412b_arf
bark106242152b_ark
barm86739602b_arm
barn66444642b_arn
bars66564092b_ars
baud74928422b_aud
bawd105520842b_awd
bayard124411662bayard
beach124623892beach
beaded104922422beaded
beads85429502beads
beady114719922beady
beak106534382bea_k
beaked135919492beaked
beaks115326622beaks
beaky146118022beaky
beam86939232bea_m
beamed115720732beamed
beams95328172beams
beamy126218572beamy
bean66443862bea_n
beaned95621472beaned
beano75421552beano
beans75734692beans
bearded114212132bearded
bearer85323912bearer
beast76338642beast
beat66168302bea_t
beats76042242beats
beau66137272bea_u
beaus75127112beaus
beaut75135212beaut
beaux146513212beaux
bed67950622be__d
bedrid1039942bedrid
bedward1497472bedward
beer65635992beer_
beers75628392beers
beery105220122beery
beeyard1335522beeyard
begird1036822begird
belaud939132belaud
bend76435262be_nd
berg75425542be_rg
berk105929842be_rk
berm86732752be_rm
berry104521772berry
beware11313712beware
bewared13310112bewared
bird76128322b_ird
bland85320452bland
blare75826232blare
blared95018242blared
blear75918682blear_
bleared104211252bleared
blears85116452blears
bleary115112552bleary
boar66134292boar_
boards94616932boards
boars75229602boars
boart78835932boart
boyard125411282boyard
brad75234342bra_d
braid85822262braid
brand85124492brand
bread85523112brea_d
briard94311292briard
burd75534262b_urd
card710245872_card
chard116124742chard
dead65434242dea_d
dear55343602dear_
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
debeard1137352debeard
ear36867882_ear_
eared65139502_eared
earl45838142_earl
earn46737552_earn
ears46356592_ears
fard85639062_fard
fear75337792fear_
feared106320432feared
fears84829392fears
gear55934972gear_
geared85317742geared
gears64628692gears
guard74415542guard
hard85443502_hard
head87137172hea_d
hear76143882hear_
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
herd84933062he_rd
hoard94918312hoard
lard56742002_lard
lead56038852lea_d
lear47045952lear_
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
liard65418592liard
lyard95113212lyard
mead75531602mea_d
nard56634452_nard
near45236502near_
neared75119802neared
nears55529422nears
nerd56624942ne_rd
pard76441322_pard
pear69745232pear_
pearl75324462pearl
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
petard95013802petard
read55942532rea_d
readd74617132readd
rear45644552rear_
reared75930012reared
rearm75923572rearm
rears54739652rears
regard85215772regard
retard75018932retard
reward106017642reward
sard55344242_sard
sear47353842sear_
seared75232842seared
sears54744912sears
shard96125962shard
sward94221462sward
tear45242882tear_
teared75722152teared
tears55436462tears
teary85124052teary
ward86542252_ward
weald95615022weald
wear75836722wear_
wears86030302wears
weary115620612weary
weird95111282weird
yard85633252_yard
year76534252year_
yearn86316432yearn
years84527672years

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 Filter178691538000.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit538001651.81329674.6
3Display Results1651650.0433837.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911652.23280058.7
 
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