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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 “milkwort” 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.

38 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
milkwort174549(None) 
milkworts1843441milkworts
milkwood1843452milkwood
millwork1745522millwork
pilewort1389132pilewort
silkworm1743582silkworm
awlwort1356353awl_wort
bellwort1348773bellwort
colewort13410623colewort
felwort13410583fel_wort
figwort1448223fi_gwort
linkwork1444253linkwork
madwort13611363m_adwort
mikvot1556763mi_kvo_t
milepost1245733milepost
milker124814323milk_er_
milkers134411613milk_ers
milkier133411163milkier_
milkiest142911083milkiest
milksop1542833milkso_p
milksops1642853milksops
milkweed1843353milkweed
milkwoods1943383milkwoods
millworks1845093millworks
milord999573mil__ord
missort9314653mi_ssort
misword1338413mi_sword
miterwort1476703miterwort
mitrewort1465293mitrewort
moonwort1367813moonwort
moorwort1346503moorwort
muckworm2143173muckworm
mugwort1346753m_ugwort
pileworts1495353pileworts
quillwort2152963quillwort
ribwort1249003ri_bwort
saltwort1148603saltwort
silkworms1843153silkworms

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162386.87621256.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.32524394.7
 
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