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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 “sourwoods” 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.

26 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
sourwoods134402(None) 
sourwood1244401sourwood_
softwoods1643422softwoods
bearwoods1545023bearwoods
bluewoods1543803bluewoods
bogwoods1544823bo_gwoods
boxwoods2144183bo_xwoods
cordwoods16104773cordwoods
corkwoods1964453corkwoods
dogwoods1454483do_gwoods
gumwoods15123923_gumwoods
logwoods1344763lo_gwoods
nutwoods1244263_nutwoods
pearwoods1544543pearwoods
porkwoods1973903porkwoods
rosewoods1345063rosewoods
roundwoods1552893roundwoods
sapwoods1456263s_apwoods
sasswoods13114043sasswoods
sauropods1293673sauropods
softgoods1451873softgoods
softwood1543863softwood_
sonhoods1247083so_nhoods
soursops1043213sour_sops
touchwoods1952733touchwoods
wormwoods1843283wormwoods

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641267.28320409.3
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691267.73223110.6
 
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