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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 “regard” 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.

48 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
regard8521577(None) 
regards94112561regards
retard75018931retard
reward106017641reward
beard86024962be_ard
begird1036822begird
egad64215412_ega_d
heard95222752he_ard
hegari1039522hegari
megara9310092megara
petard95013802petard
read55942532re_a_d
readd74617132re_add
rear45644552re_ar_
reared75930012re_ared
rearm75923572re_arm
rears54739652re_ars
rebar75420192rebar_
rebars84019832rebars
reboard10310762reboard
record96117432record
reearn6612142reearn
regain74517762regain
regal65023792rega_l
regale74821452regale
regaled93615962regaled
regarded11279802regarded
regave104713382regave
regear73512742regear_
regeared1039432regeared
regears83012462regears
regild8149772regild
regrade92612032regrade
reheard11309022reheard
relaid75518442relaid
reland75920432reland
remand95618962remand
remark123512372remark
repaid94716322repaid
repand95316062repand
repark123511712repark
resaid74517082resaid
retards85015002retards
rewards114813992rewards
rewarm115913492rewarm
reword106321412reword
reynard1135122reynard
ritard74812082ritard

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551482.54632423.8
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691482.90561511.5
 
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