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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 “becoward” 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.

45 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
becoward164476(None) 
becowards1743841becowards
backward2048102backward
becowarded1942032becowarded
bedward1497472be_dward
coward12411672__coward
backwards2147463backwards
backyard2046843backyard
beard86024963be___ard
becharm1636843bec_harm
beclowned1743243beclowned
becowarding2052533becowarding
becrowd1555173becrow__d
becrowded1842923becrowded
bedboard14115723bedboard
bedwards1596393be_dwards
bedwarf16106463be_dwarf
beeyard1335523be_eyard
behowled1733473behowled
beswarm1445783be_swarm
beware11313713be__ware
bewared13310113be__wared
bezoar1736913bezo_ar_
bezoars1836793bezo_ars
blowhard1743733b_lowhard
board85523003b__o_ard
boyard125411283b__oyard
cowards1339613__cowards
echard1249223_ec_hard
froward1436673_froward
jeopard1744113je_opard
leeward1135783le_eward
leftward1562733leftward
leopard1045293le_opard
leotard846193le_otard
rearward1245783rearward
reboard10310763rebo_ard
record96117433reco__rd
rereward1246143rereward
reward106017643re__ward
seaward1148183se_award
selfward1543093selfward
toward10311063__toward
untoward1243193untoward
westward1543823westward

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162458.14317949.4
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691458.55920877.6
 
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