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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 “yardworks” 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.

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
yardworks204448(None) 
yardwork1944511yardwork_
artworks1546522_artworks
farmworks2143842farmworks
handworks2046702handworks
warworks1877062war_works
aardvarks171855613aardvarks
ardors74416873_ard_or_s
artwork1447093_artwork_
beadworks1945723beadworks
capeworks2045633capeworks
caseworks1846413caseworks
dayworks1945563da_yworks
earthworks2043563earthworks
earworms1346783ear_worms
farmwork2044193farmwork_
fireworks1946553fireworks
formworks2144133formworks
gasworks1645943ga_sworks
hackworks2045203hackworks
hairworks1944843hairworks
handiworks2142693handiworks
handwork1946903handwork_
hardcores1545983hardcores
hardwares1646563hardwares
hardwires1644643hardwires
hardwoods17135513hardwoods
headworks2045953headworks
laceworks1846583laceworks
lathworks1945193lathworks
leadworks1745123leadworks
madworts1456173ma_dworts
preworks17599013_preworks
rackworks1745543rackworks
reworks145113603__reworks
roadworks1745313roadworks
saltworks1645173saltworks
sandworms1545653sandworms
sandworts1346453sandworts
studworks1743673studworks
taskworks1543903taskworks
tryworks1844603_tryworks
warwork1757583war_work_
waxworks25114723wa_xworks
wireworks1946023wireworks
woodworks2045583woodworks
yardarms14123333yard_arms
yardbirds1642163yardbirds
yarders113211593yard_er_s
yardwands1742683yardwands

Search took 9 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 Limit148641507.70619289.0
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691508.17221866.3
 
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