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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 “awards” 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.

66 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
awards10711345(None) 
award97118041award_
swards105415131swards
vawards14457571vawards
wards97734401_wards
acarids105312242acarids
acarus8312192acarus
afars85716512afar_s
agars66120642agar_s
alands75418372alands
alarms85913052alarms
awaits96411952awaits
awakes135012472awakes
awarded1236222awarded
awardee1137562awardee
awardees1243992awardees
awarder1135892awarder
awarders1245072awarders
aware86420022awar_e
bards87139642_bards
bayards13379682bayards
beards94116672beards
boards94616932boards
canards10311202canards
cards85137932_cards
chards125119732chards
cowards1339612cowards
dwarfs13436272dwarfs
fards96629842_fards
guards84611572guards
hards96435652_hards
haywards1845872haywards
hazards2037462hazards
hoards104912622hoards
inwards1138342inwards
lards65331862_lards
liards75212612liards
manwards1447612manwards
mazards1937702mazards
nards65928462_nards
onwards1137172onwards
pards85634332_pards
rewards114813992rewards
sards64736182_sards
seawards1237202seawards
shards104319172shards
sward94221462sward_
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarms116112172swarms
swords104510802swords
tabards10310382tabards
towards1138782towards
upwards13135962upwards
vaward13498722vaward_
wads87343142_wa_ds
wands96425482_wands
ward86542252_ward_
wares88250582_wares
warks127932402_warks
warms107726852_warms
warns87231002_warns
warps107126422_warps
wars78659802_war_s
warts814840402_warts
words95425072_words
yards95324612_yards

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551662.76329877.3
3Display Results66660.0332000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691663.17256333.9
 
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