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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 “lyard” 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.

65 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
lyard9511321(None) 
lard56742001l_ard
liard65418591liard
lyart85121881lyart
yard85633251_yard
award97118042award
bard75648862_bard
bayard124411662bayard
beard86024962beard
board85523002board
boyard125411282boyard
card710245872_card
chard116124742chard
dyad96415452dya_d
fard85639062_fard
guard74415542guard
halyard1476972halyard
hard85443502_hard
heard95222752heard
hoard94918312hoard
kyar116916852kyar_
kyars124813962kyars
laari54415712laari
lad48165712l_a_d
laid56439152l_aid
laird65417792laird
land56337312l_and
lanyard1167292lanyard
lar37967532l_ar_
lards65331862l_ards
lardy96119272l_ardy
lari45839152l_ari
lark85733862l_ark
lars46956572l_ars
laud56527722l_aud
layed95127382layed
lead56038852lea_d
lear47045952lear_
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
liar47229692liar_
liards75212612liards
liars54723162liars
lizard16369232lizard
load56730602loa_d
lord55032082l_ord
lyase85512412lyase
lycra10317972lycra
lyre75623792ly_re
lysed95011562lysed
nard56634452_nard
pard76441322_pard
sard55344242_sard
shard96125962shard
sward94221462sward
ward86542252_ward
yaird96111912_yaird
yald86920612_yald
yar67253832_yar_
yards95324612_yards
yare75636942_yare
yarn75230042_yarn
yaud87020082_yaud
yird87018992_yird

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 Filter178691538000.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit53800652.75019563.6
3Display Results65650.0461413.0
 (SQL Overall)178691653.42252218.3
 
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