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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 “heard” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

157 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
heard9522275(None) 
beard86024961beard
hard85443501h_ard
head87137171hea_d
hear76143881hear_
hears86737371hears
heart85440741heart
herd84933061he_rd
hoard94918311hoard
afeard1058262afeard
ahead96817052ahea_d
award97118042award
bard75648862_bard
bead75937922bea_d
bear66844642bear_
beards94116672beards
bears75739042bears
board85523002board
card710245872_card
chard116124742chard
dead65434242dea_d
dear55343602dear_
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
ear36867882_ear_
eared65139502_eared
earl45838142_earl
earn46737552_earn
ears46356592_ears
fard85639062_fard
fear75337792fear_
feared106320432feared
fears84829392fears
gear55934972gear_
geared85317742geared
gears64628692gears
guard74415542guard
haar77323492haar_
haars85620472haars
had77658772h_a_d
haed86338582h_aed
hand86833712h_and
hards96435652h_ards
hardy125622062h_ardy
hare76255732h_are
hared95742182h_ared
hark115237392h_ark
harl75740002h_arl
harm95637792h_arm
harp96134292h_arp
hart76865772h_art
hazard1938402hazard
headed114020472headed
heads95127112heads
heady125117262heady
heal75645692hea_l
healed105121442healed
heals85733462heals
heap96432892hea_p
heaped124516902heaped
heaps105223222heaps
heapy135914982heapy
hearer94323652hearer
hearse94114282hearse
hearsed113811422hearsed
hearted113314032hearted
hearth125315212hearth
hearts96218942hearts
hearty126313632hearty
heat77061422hea_t
heated104525592heated
heath115724282heath
heats85838402heats
heave114521812heave
heaved134717862heaved
heavy144814182heavy
heed86437602he_ed
hegari1039522hegari
heir77523802heir_
heired103813042heired
heirs85618562heirs
held85330402he_ld
henry114014472henry
her66547812he_r_
herald10311342herald
herb94730962he_rb
herds96424682he_rds
here76447102he_re
herl75834552he_rl
herm95636152he_rm
hern76134892he_rn
hero74635782he_ro
herry114922472herry
hers75844872he_rs
hewed125619432hewed
hexad164910622hexad
hexed165615762hexed
hoar76729162hoar_
hoards104912622hoards
hoars85925552hoars
hoary114516762hoary
holard10410572holard
lard56742002_lard
lead56038852lea_d
lear47045952lear_
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
liard65418592liard
lyard95113212lyard
mead75531602mea_d
nard56634452_nard
near45236502near_
neared75119812neared
nears55529422nears
nerd56624942ne_rd
pard76441322_pard
pear69745232pear_
pearl75324462pearl
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
petard95013802petard
read55942532rea_d
readd74617132readd
rear45644552rear_
reared75930012reared
rearm75923572rearm
rears54739652rears
regard85215772regard
reheard11309022reheard
retard75018932retard
reward106017642reward
sard55344242_sard
sear47353842sear_
seared75232842seared
sears54744912sears
shard96125962shard
shear85424832shear_
sheared114516012sheared
shears93820902shears
sherd96321152she_rd
sward94221462sward
tear45242882tear_
teared75722152teared
tears55436462tears
teary85124052teary
unheard1136942unheard
ward86542252_ward
weald95615022weald
wear75836722wear_
wears86030302wears
weary115620612weary
weird95111282weird
yard85633252_yard
year76534252year_
yearn86316432yearn
years84527672years

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001573.17316955.6
3Display Results1571570.1401121.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911573.62649280.5
 
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