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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 “clochards” 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.

27 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
clochards174382(None) 
clochard1644291clochard_
blowhards1843272blowhards
pochards1646852_pochards
blowhard1743733blowhard_
chards125119733___chards
clachans1546413clacha_ns
cloches144113713cloch__es
clockers16369813clocker_s
clubhands1741973clubhands
cochairs1545903c_ochairs
collards113310193c_ollards
colombards1752483colombards
costards113510793c_ostards
cowards1339613c_o_wards
cowhands1765263c_owhands
cowherds1735423c_owherds
echards1337963__echards
flowcharts2151303flowcharts
glochids1543953gloch_ids
lochans1248833_locha_ns
orchards1445913_orchards
pilchards1743923pilchards
placards1345813plac_ards
pochard1537363_pochard_
trochars1377853trochar_s
urochords1544213urochords

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641276.18624028.6
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691276.59227107.3
 
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