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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foraardvarks” 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.

14 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
aardvarks17185561(None) 
aardvark162315971aardvark_
airparks1443913air_parks
baresarks1543433baresarks
earmarks1444793ear_marks
hardbacks2145373hardbacks
hardhacks2243703hardhacks
hardpacks2143623hardpacks
hardtacks1943803hardtacks
hardwares1646563hardwares
landmarks1643613landmarks
sardars83112903sard_ar_s
yardarms14123333yard_arms
yardworks2044483yardworks

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 Filter1786911486410.186960704.3
2DLD Change Limit148641147.06321045.0
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691147.24924650.4