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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 “holards” 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
holards114843(None) 
hoards104912621ho_ards
holard10410571holard_
boards94616932bo_ards
bollards11339152bollards
boyards13399322boyards
collards113310192collards
cowards1339612cowards
dotards937252dotards
foulards12266462foulards
goliards1045132goliards
halyards1576242halyards
hards96435652h__ards
hazards2037462hazards
hoard94918312ho_ard_
hoars85925552ho_ar_s
hodads1147962hoda_ds
holds94623242hol__ds
hollands12247272hollands
lards65331862__lards
molars85517322molar_s
polars84419352polar_s
pollards11299522pollards
poulards11288232poulards
solands84412342solands
tolars64817942tolar_s
towards1138782towards

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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671273.01635699.9
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691273.74947663.6
 
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