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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 “guard” 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.

78 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
guard7441554(None) 
guar56923291guar_
guards84611571guards
guars65021051guars
award97118042award
bard75648862_bard
beard86024962beard
board85523002board
burd75534262bu_rd
card710245872_card
chard116124742chard
curd77634982cu_rd
duad66521412dua_d
fard85639062_fard
gad57556662g_a_d
gaed66031512g_aed
gar47259902g_ar_
garb75332672g_arb
garda7316772g_arda
gars55750742g_ars
gaud67025432g_aud
gaur56723352gaur_
gaurs66317992gaurs
gear55934972gear_
geared85317742geared
gears64628692gears
gird65425002g_ird
glad65624012gla_d
gland75217712gland
glare65222962glare
glared84715202glared
glary96018542glary
gnar56021382gnar_
gnarl65115572gnarl
gnarr64810692gnarr
gnars66718852gnars
goad66830982goa_d
gourd71011902gourd
grad66829862gra_d
grand75122692grand
guaco85012162guaco
guan55325582gua_n
guano69213982guano
guans64419442guans
guarded1036152guarded
guarder936462guarder
guava938582guava
guid66022832gu_id
guild75312752guild
guiro63712092guiro
guisard954202guisard
gular6314832gular_
gurnard944772gurnard
gurry94515412gurry
guru54623912gu_ru
guyed1049892guyed
hard85443502_hard
heard95222752heard
hoard94918312hoard
lard56742002_lard
liard65418592liard
lyard95113212lyard
nard56634452_nard
nurd56224342nu_rd
pard76441322_pard
quad144618702qua_d
quare143920542quare
quark184614122quark
quart144027852quart
sard55344242_sard
shard96125962shard
surd56433812su_rd
sward94221462sward
turd56027622tu_rd
unguard955092unguard
urd46427062_u_rd
ward86542252_ward
yard85633252_yard

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit53800781.55034709.7
3Display Results78780.0136000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691781.93692299.1
 
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