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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 “nards” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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247 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
nards6592846(None) 
bards87139641bards
cards85137931cards
fards96629841fards
hards96435651hards
lards65331861lards
narcs76122021narcs
nard56634451nard_
nares55544151nares
naris55735291naris
narks96026031narks
nerds65719251nerds
nurds65518521nurds
pards85634331pards
sards64736181sards
wards97734401wards
yards95324611yards
adds67622462_adds
ads49755742_a_ds
aids57846372_aids
ands57833622_ands
arbs66834732_arbs
arcs67834782_arcs
ares45871022_ares
arfs76029962_arfs
arks85936872_arks
arms66137502_arms
ars37670932_ar_s
arts49650262_arts
awards107113452awards
bads77048872ba_ds
balds85524642balds
bands85233432bands
barbs95928192barbs
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bardes95026932bardes
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128472barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092bar_s
bauds85821042bauds
bawds116115492bawds
beards94116672beards
birds85421342birds
boards94616932boards
brads85528292brads
burds84626062burds
cads76144532ca_ds
caids85226432caids
cairds96411512cairds
canards10311202canards
carbs96031462carbs
card710245872card_
cares77369182cares
carks115534212carks
carls77037422carls
carns75937562carns
carps96932252carps
carrs75730852carrs
cars67364762car_s
carts78946292carts
chards125119732chards
cords86030622cords
curds85725612curds
dads67442782da_ds
darbs85323262darbs
dares66146702dares
darks106727872darks
darns66927892darns
darts67635732darts
earls56127512earls
earns55927562earns
ears46356592ear_s
fads86939882fa_ds
farads104713272farads
fard85639062fard_
fares85852872fares
farls85731112farls
farms106324962farms
faros85532022faros
farts88336842farts
fords95328182fords
gads67843392ga_ds
garbs86321412garbs
garda7316772garda
gars55750742gar_s
gauds75717722gauds
girds74817002girds
gnarls74210772gnarls
gnarrs7407662gnarrs
gnars66718852gnar_s
grads75625752grads
guards84611572guards
hands95327382hands
hard85443502hard_
hardy125622062hardy
hares86255542hares
harks126333432harks
harls85634502harls
harms106829022harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
herds96424682herds
hoards104912622hoards
hurds95219072hurds
inarms8410092inarms
innards837152innards
inwards1138342inwards
jarls126120962jarls
jars117338352jar_s
karns96624152karns
karts97630122karts
knars94416112knar_s
lads56549142la_ds
lairds74711612lairds
lands65426902lands
lard56742002lard_
lardy96119272lardy
lares54852632lares
laris54737462laris
larks95227812larks
lars46956572lar_s
lauds65618482lauds
liards75212612liards
lords64923502lords
mads76845382ma_ds
maids86327152maids
maras75443302maras
marcs95726622marcs
mares76457632mares
marks115933482marks
marls75535162marls
mars66261872mar_s
marts77442232marts
mauds85519272mauds
naans55815252naans
nabes75427092nabes
nabis76020582nabis
nabs66236192na_bs
nacres85614452nacres
nada58022912na_da
nadas66320812nadas
naffs116213962naffs
nags55436022na_gs
naiads739012naiads
naifs87617422naifs
nails55730402nails
nairas6312782nairas
nairus639142nairus
nalas55528362nalas
naleds7469132naleds
names74833362names
nanas55928632nanas
nans46139402na_ns
naos47429732na_os
napas75924352napas
napes74828462napes
naps66238582na_ps
narc67127952nar_c
narco76718242narco
narcos86714202narcos
naric76824172naric
nark85230062nar_k
narky126017802narky
nary76931222nar_y
nates55238332nates
naves87030382naves
nays75931592na_ys
nazis145216082nazis
nears55529422near_s
needs65719632needs
nerd56624942nerd_
nerdy95014702nerdy
nerts55924982nerts
nods55838232n_ods
noris54928272noris
norms76019312norms
nurd56224342nurd_
nurls55519682nurls
oars46846032oar_s
onwards1137172onwards
pads76742962pa_ds
paras76143052paras
pard76441322pard_
pardi85723952pardi
pardy115523952pardy
pares77164482pares
paris75145942paris
parks116134462parks
parrs75928672parrs
pars67560792par_s
parts77743372parts
qaids156116322qaids
rads56046612ra_ds
raids65827522raids
rands65930452rands
rares55247442rares
saids65328862saids
sands65228582sands
sard55344242sard_
saris54544952saris
sarks96632462sarks
sarods74918572sarods
saros55238062saros
shards104319172shards
snares65329032snares
snarfs95113422snarfs
snarks104815732snarks
snarls64016872snarls
sords64527802sords
surds65624662surds
swards105415132swards
tads57143952ta_ds
tardo65321102tardo
tardy94720462tardy
tares57456562tares
tarns56433952tarns
taros55640822taros
tarps76527122tarps
tars46763952tar_s
tarts57242022tarts
turds65021692turds
unarms839242unarms
urds55922442_urds
varas86028202varas
vars75742072var_s
varus85921182varus
wads87343152wa_ds
wands96425482wands
ward86542252ward_
wares88250582wares
warks127932402warks
warms107726862warms
warns87231002warns
warps107126422warps
wars78659802war_s
warts814840402warts
words95425072words
yairds10448022yairds
yard85633252yard_
yarns85621792yarns
yauds95013222yauds
yirds96612522yirds
zarfs174713622zarfs

Search took 2 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 Limit538002471.50035866.7
3Display Results2472470.0633920.6
 (SQL Overall)1786912471.87695251.1
 
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