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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 “milkworts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
milkworts184344(None) 
milkwort1745491milkwort_
milkwoods1943382milkwoods
millworks1845092millworks
pileworts1495352pileworts
silkworms1843152silkworms
awlworts1443593awl_worts
bellworts1445373bellworts
coleworts1445863coleworts
felworts1445953fel_worts
figworts1544683fi_gworts
linkworks1544143linkworks
madworts1456173m_adworts
mileposts1343643mileposts
milkers134411613milk_er_s
milksops1642853milkso_ps
milkweeds1942783milkweeds
milkwood1843453milkwo_od
millwork1745523millwor_k
milords10117853mil__ords
missorts1038323mi_ssorts
miswords1446603mi_swords
miterworts1584233miterworts
mitreworts1583303mitreworts
moonworts1444743moonworts
moorworts1443893moorworts
muckworms2242943muckworms
mugworts1443443m_ugworts
pilewort1389133pilewort_
quillworts2251983quillworts
ribworts1345093ri_bworts
saltworts1244643saltworts
silkworm1743583silkwor_m

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641337.28320409.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.71623158.5
 
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