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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 “dryad” 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.

47 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
dryad1047758(None) 
dread74419021dread
dryads11436621dryads
dyad96415451d_yad
brad75234342br_ad
bread85523112bread
broad84817692broad
dad58456162d__ad
dead65434242d_ead
dorsad8408972dorsad
drab76226452dr_ab
drag64825052dr_ag
dram75832002dr_am
drat56247832dr_at
draw85623012dr_aw
dray85428092dr_ay
drayed115911392drayed
drays95819772drays
dreads84115022dreads
dream85120392dream
drear65016902drear
dreed75222842dreed
dried75321382dried
droid74218542droid
druid74111322druid
dry76526032dry__
dryades12395632dryades
dryadic1443632dryadic
dryer95111462dryer
dryland1254302dryland
dryly12538452dryly
drys86314802dry_s
duad66521412d_uad
dyads10549972d_yads
dyed96720762d_yed
grad66829862gr_ad
orad56031692or_ad
oread64619602oread
rad47662002_r_ad
read55942532_read
road56332112_road
rya67622012_rya_
ryas77224612_ryas
rynd86414102_rynd
trad55630912tr_ad
tread64821702tread
triad65217722triad

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800471.51335558.5
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691471.84297009.2
 
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