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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 “plywood” 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.

47 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
plywood164513(None) 
plywoods1744351plywoods
baywood1646442baywood
pulpwood1642792pulpwood
baywoods1745593baywoods
blood85319523bl__ood
bluewood1444003bluewood
bogwood1446413bogwood
boxwood2045243boxwood
boyhood1646493boyhood
byword1535053_byword
dagwood1344833dagwood
dogwood1354913dogwood
dyewood1554143dyewood
earlywood1652293earlywood
fatwood1486393fatwood
flood95215603fl__ood
gumwood14114043gumwood
inkwood1584533inkwood
keyword1844553keyword
logwood1255573logwood
lycopod1543713_lycopod
milkwood1843453milkwood
nutwood1144953nutwood
payload1336403payload
pearwood1444833pearwood
phytoid1678753phytoid
pinewood1445403pinewood
placoid1239773placoid
plafond1344183plafond
platoon938953platoon
playbook1943463playbook
playroom1544553playroom
pleopod1244823pleopod
plod76723273pl___od
plowboy1743183plowboy
plowed124213203plow_ed
polypod1546983poly_pod
polypoid1648393polypoid
pood75934323p___ood
porkwood1844463porkwood
pulpwoods1742553pulpwoods
pyoid11513763p_y_oid
redwood1236513redwood
sapwood1366913sapwood
wildwood1643593wildwood
wood85329383___wood

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit134027475.89022755.0
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691476.04929540.6
 
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