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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 “sword” 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.

90 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
sword9521412(None) 
sord56237201s_ord
sward94221461sward
swords104510801swords
swore84920821swore
sworn86115311sworn
word89832001_word
award97118042award
byword1535052byword
chord115917262chord
cord76740922_cord
fiord94313342fiord
fjord16477022fjord
ford86835492_ford
lord55032082_lord
misword1338412misword
reword106321412reword
sard55344242s_ard
sarod65325872sarod
scold85414862scold
score75526742score
scored94621132scored
scorn75817452scorn
scrod85115072scrod
shard96125962shard
sherd96321152sherd
shod86225062sho_d
shoed95723012shoed
shore85432652shore
shored105723652shored
shorl84720252shorl
shorn85722182shorn
short85040532short
skort94925642skort
sloid64619712sloid
slojd13378842slojd
sloyd9409682sloyd
snood64616162snood
snore55424952snore
snored74819542snored
snort54833752snort
sod46053702s_o_d
sold54837412s_old
sora45746912s_ora
sorb68333042s_orb
sords64527802s_ords
sore47059532s_ore
sored66141782s_ored
sori46039842s_ori
sorn46641062s_orn
sort46264812s_ort
sowed94933862sowed
spore75428592spore
spored94821792spored
sport75935982sport
stood65517712stood
store56333812store
stored75524212stored
stork96819692stork
storm76520402storm
story86723032story
surd56433812s_urd
swards105415132swards
sware85828212sware
swarf115324652swarf
swarm106218842swarm
swart86234642swart
swirl84514142swirl
swob95218632swo_b
swobs104910892swobs
swoon85014782swoon
swoop105213432swoop
swop95120502swo_p
swops105913972swops
swot75134662swo_t
swots85518432swots
swoun84811492swoun
swound10377632swound
ward86542252_ward
woad85523942_woad
wold85429072_wold
wood85329382_wood
words95425072_words
wordy126916162_wordy
wore77144672_wore
work115528842_work
world96915362_world
worm96129492_worm
worn75631752_worn
wort76654752_wort

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800901.59333772.8
3Display Results90900.0165625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691901.90593801.0
 
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