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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 “weird” 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.

60 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
weird9511128(None) 
weir76019921weir_
weirdo10405881weirdo
weirds10478051weirds
weirdy13395461weirdy
weirs84316491weirs
beard86024962beard
begird1036822begird
bird76128322_bird
caird85717232caird
gird65424992_gird
heard95222752heard
heir77523802heir_
heired103813042heired
heirs85618562heirs
herd84933062he_rd
jerid132316422jerid
keir86217872keir_
keirs95313672keirs
laird65417792laird
nerd56624942ne_rd
teiid6312532teiid
teind6213612teind
third95912492third
wair75830052wair_
waired106015832waired
wairs86424062wairs
ward86542252w_ard
weald95615022weald
wear75836722wear_
wears86030302wears
weary115620612weary
wed75843622we__d
weed85637512we_ed
weer75535092weer_
weigh125412512weigh
weirded1234512weirded
weirder1144922weirder
weirdie11224062weirdie
weirdly14274492weirdly
weirdos11355122weirdos
weld84727732we_ld
wend85330452we_nd
were76238332we_re
wert79749822we_rt
whid115418872whi_d
whir105519282whir_
whirl114913822whirl
whirr114611192whirr
whirs115218092whirs
wield95213912wield
wild85126512w_ild
wind85533852w_ind
wire75839812w_ire
wired95327642w_ired
wiry106422832w_iry
word89832002w_ord
wried95518562wried
yaird96111912yaird
yird87018982_yird

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 Limit53800601.61033416.1
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691601.93992156.3
 
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