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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 “yardbird” 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.

30 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
yardbird154232(None) 
yardbirds1642161yardbirds
carabid12311333carabi_d
cardboard1545863cardboard
catbird1235243ca_tbird
fatbird1344033fa_tbird
firebird1444633firebird
hangbird1543223hangbird
hardboard1645583hardboard
hardwire1544623hardwire
hardwired1742873hardwired
jailbird1842703jailbird
jaybird2043123ja_ybird
ladybird1542153ladybird
lyrebird1442093lyrebird
maybird1543993ma_ybird
railbird1143443railbird
rainbird1143143rainbird
redbird1155263_redbird
reedbird1273263reedbird
surfbird1442593surfbird
yaird96111913ya___ird
yardarm13114533yard_arm
yarded114714023yard__ed
yarder103813973yard_er_
yarders113211593yard_ers
yarding123413143yard_ing
yardland1343763yardland
yardwand1642743yardwand
yardwork1944513yardwork

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162307.22020244.0
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.65623340.0
 
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