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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 “ironwoods” 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.

30 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
ironwoods134461(None) 
ironwood1245181ironwood_
ironweeds1342782ironweeds
ironworks16114812ironworks
arrowwoods1751683arrowwoods
bogwoods1544823_bogwoods
boxwoods2144183_boxwoods
cordwoods16104773cordwoods
corkwoods1964453corkwoods
dogwoods1454483_dogwoods
firewoods1645963fir_ewoods
greenwoods1553023greenwoods
groundwoods1751953groundwoods
inkwoods1674083i_nkwoods
ironclads1252593ironclads
ironwares1244553ironwares
ironweed1244053ironweed_
ironwoman1453643ironwoman
ironwomen1443983ironwomen
ironwork15125063ironw_ork
logwoods1344763_logwoods
nonwoody1544273_nonwoody
nonwords1247463_nonwords
poisonwoods1751183poisonwoods
porkwoods1973903porkwoods
redwoods1345773_redwoods
rosewoods1345063_rosewoods
roundwoods1552893_roundwoods
sonhoods1247083_sonhoods
wormwoods1843283wormwoods

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.673265514.1
2DLD Change Limit148641307.90318808.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.59220797.4
 
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