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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 “milkweeds” 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.

37 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
milkweeds194278(None) 
milkweed1843351milkweed_
silkweeds1742601silkweeds
milksheds1941732milksheds
milkwoods1943382milkwoods
silkweed1643222silkweed_
bindweeds1642863bindweeds
bullweeds1543203bullweeds
chickweeds2542123chickweeds
duckweeds2042403duckweeds
fireweeds1644023fireweeds
gulfweeds1741743gulfweeds
hawkweeds2341853hawkweeds
mayweeds1742993m_ayweeds
midweeks1842383mi_dweeks
mildewed1543763mildewed_
milked134612573milk__ed_
milkers134411613milk__ers
milkiness1536523milkiness
milkless1434773milk_less
milkmaids1841703milkmaids
milkshed1842943milkshed_
milkwood1843453milkwood_
milkworts1843443milkworts
millepeds1443223millepeds
millipeds1444703millipeds
misdeeds12276813mi_sdeeds
misfeeds14315623mi_sfeeds
miskeeps1644163misk_eeps
oilseeds943703oil_seeds
pigweeds1553143pi_gweeds
pinweeds1454143pi_nweeds
richweeds18132813richweeds
rockweeds1942833rockweeds
stickweeds2082443stickweeds
stinkweeds1881933stinkweeds
tickseeds1673223tickseeds

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641376.76621968.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.20224811.3
 
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