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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 “busyworks” 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.

28 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
busyworks214337(None) 
busywork2043841busywork_
bodyworks2243822bodyworks
brushworks2252832brushworks
buhlworks2163182buhlworks
byworks1944542b__yworks
beadworks1945723beadworks
bodywork2143973bodywork_
brushwork2142913brushwork_
budworms1644323bu_dworms
buhlwork2073523buhlwork_
bulwarks1744133bu_lwarks
buzzwords2351713buzzwords
bywords1634283b__ywords
bywork1834863b__ywork_
caseworks1846413caseworks
cusswords1542643cusswords
cutworks17166003cu_tworks
dayworks1945563_dayworks
ductworks1943353ductworks
gasworks1645943gas_works
guessworks1851873guessworks
houseworks2044323houseworks
meshworks2143633meshworks
outworks15148973ou_tworks
taskworks1543903taskworks
tryworks1844603_tryworks
tubeworks1844233tubeworks

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641286.67322275.0
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.10925135.9
 
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