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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 “liards” 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.

71 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
liards7521261(None) 
lairds74711611lairds
lards65331861l_ards
liard65418591liard_
liars54723161liar_s
lizards17427611lizards
awards107113452awards
bards87139642_bards
beards94116672beards
birds85421342bi_rds
boards94616932boards
briards10398552briards
cairds96411512cairds
cards85137932_cards
chards125119732chards
fards96629842_fards
fiars86720832fiar_s
fiords10498622fiords
girds74817002gi_rds
goliards1045132goliards
guards84611572guards
hards96435652_hards
hoards104912622hoards
iliads7448672ilia_ds
lads56549142l_a_ds
laird65417792laird_
lairs55425872lair_s
lands65426902l_ands
laniards967312laniards
lard56742002l_ard_
lardy96119272l_ardy
lares54852632l_ares
laris54737462l_aris
larks95227812l_arks
lars46956572l_ar_s
lauds65618482l_auds
leads66028492lea_ds
learns65513742learns
lears55938732lear_s
lianas63713382lianas
lianes63819322lianes
liangs74410592liangs
liar47229692liar__
libras83711702libras
lidars7310782lidar_s
lids56336472li__ds
liers55130402lier_s
ligands9438982ligands
lipids94310922lipids
liras56021982li_ras
litres65220392litres
livres94311862livres
lizard16369232lizard_
loads65323372loa_ds
lords64923502l_ords
lyard95113212lyard_
nards65928462_nards
pards85634332_pards
ritards8439942ritards
sards64736182_sards
shards104319172shards
swards105415132swards
tiaras6314552tiaras
viands1047812viands
visards11328152visards
vizards20377262vizards
wards97734402_wards
wizards20326402wizards
yairds10448022yairds
yards95324612_yards
yirds96612522yi_rds

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit82551713.57623084.7
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691714.01544505.9
 
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