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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 “woalds” 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.

50 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
woalds1042758(None) 
wealds10459101wealds
woads94818441woa_ds
woald94813071woald_
wolds95420181wo_lds
worlds10568731worlds
balds85524642_balds
boards94616932boards
bolds85825282bo_lds
coalas87418962coalas
coals76129602coal_s
colds85726972co_lds
foals85721692foal_s
folds95221692fo_lds
goads77022852goa_ds
goals65521292goal_s
golds75421312go_lds
hoards104912622hoards
holds94623242ho_lds
koalas104011662koalas
loads65323372loa_ds
molds85324832mo_lds
moulds94910992moulds
olds55926572_o_lds
roads66523622roa_ds
scalds94813692scalds
skalds11437832skalds
toads65621072toa_ds
wads87343142w_a_ds
wales86142832w_ales
walks126218502w_alks
walls85529382w_alls
wands96425482w_ands
wards97734402w_ards
weald95615022weald_
weals85428742weal_s
welds94719162w_elds
whales124716942whales
wields10469622wields
wilds94818202w_ilds
woad85523942woa_d_
wold85429072wo_ld_
wolfs116214162wo_lfs
woods95723032wo_ods
wools84421462wool_s
words95425072wo_rds
world96915362world_
would95513152would_
wouldst1134062wouldst
wounds103811632wounds

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 Filter178691825510.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit82551506.86012033.7
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691507.59323533.6
 
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