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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgrandad” 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.

26 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
grandad103845(None) 
grandads1136551grandads
grandam1139391grandam
granddad1244251granddad
branded114414102branded
crawdad1443112crawdad
graded94919552gra_ded
grana65722092gran_a_
grand75122692gran__d
grandaddy1652112grandaddy
grandame1247112grandame
grandams1237122grandams
granddads1343462granddads
granddam1344692granddam
grandee93115512grandee
grander93315872grander
grandkid1543642grandkid
grandly1238742grandly
grandma1136912grandma
grandmas1236922grandmas
grandpa1135412grandpa
grandpas1236002grandpas
grands84218242grand_s
granted94715102granted
grinded104210632grinded
randan7315252_randan

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671264.12626095.7
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691264.26641887.2