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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 “silkweeds” 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.

36 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
silkweeds174260(None) 
milkweeds1942781milkweeds
silkweed1643221silkweed_
milkweed1843352milkweed_
stickweeds2082442stickweeds
stinkweeds1881932stinkweeds
bindweeds1642863bindweeds
bullweeds1543203bullweeds
chickweeds2542123chickweeds
duckweeds2042403duckweeds
fireweeds1644023fireweeds
gulfweeds1741743gulfweeds
hawkweeds2341853hawkweeds
milksheds1941733milksheds
milkwoods1943383milkwoods
oilseeds943703oil_seeds
pigweeds1553143pi_gweeds
pinweeds1454143pi_nweeds
richweeds18132813richweeds
rockweeds1942833rockweeds
seaweeds12104453s_eaweeds
sickbeds17254213sick_beds
sickees134514213sick_ee_s
silked114314813silk__ed_
silkies113715693silk_ie_s
silkiness1337253silkiness
silkworms1843153silkworms
silverweeds1851653silverweeds
skunkweeds1761123skunkweeds
snakeweeds1851723snakeweeds
snapweeds1542283snapweeds
stickseeds1772383stickseeds
stickweed1983383stickweed_
stinkweed1762483stinkweed_
sumpweeds1742353sumpweeds
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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641366.87321626.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.32924381.4
 
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