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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 “ironwood” 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.

35 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
ironwood124518(None) 
ironwoods1344611ironwoods
ironweed1244052ironweed
ironwork15125062ironwork
arrowwood1651933arrowwood
bogwood1446413_bogwood
boxwood2045243_boxwood
cordwood1565603cordwood
corkwood1885213corkwood
dogwood1354913_dogwood
firewood1546303fir_ewood
greenwood1443083greenwood
groundwood1652053groundwood
inkwood1584533i_nkwood
ironbound1242703ironbound
ironclad1143093ironclad
ironed74916013iron__ed
ironized1858203ironized
ironware1144653ironware
ironweeds1342783ironweeds
ironwoman1453643ironwoman
ironwomen1443983ironwomen
ironworks16114813ironworks
logwood1255573_logwood
nonfood1156653_nonfood
nonwoody1544273_nonwoody
nonwool1046673_nonwool
nonword1149153_nonword
poisonwood1651223poisonwood
porkwood1844463porkwood
redwood1236523_redwood
rosewood1245643_rosewood
roundwood1443263_roundwood
sonhood1168313_sonhood
wormwood1743573wormwood

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162357.15620425.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.59223536.7
 
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