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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 “collards” 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.

27 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
collards11331019(None) 
bollards11339151bollards
collard103712921collard_
collars93816571collar_s
pollards11299521pollards
bollard103210502bollard_
cellars93713692cellar_s
coalyards1543532coalyards
coleads102911422colea_ds
collages113514242collages
collar83816172collar__
collared113211142collared
collaret103116702collaret
collarets11327332collarets
collates103019142collates
colloids11310172colloids
costards113510802costards
cowards1339612co_wards
dollars83311022dollar_s
dullards1045492dullards
foulards12266462foulards
goliards1045132goliards
holards1148432ho_lards
hollands12247272hollands
mallards1138322mallards
pollard103511142pollard_
poulards11288232poulards

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911210590.766233278.1
2DLD Change Limit121059275.19023325.4
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691275.96929936.5
 
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