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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 “welds” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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184 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
welds9471916(None) 
elds56324851_elds
gelds75118341gelds
melds84822381melds
velds95615581velds
wealds10459101wealds
weds86628931we_ds
weeds95222211weeds
weld84727731weld_
wells85426191wells
welts85225191welts
wends95822811wends
wields10469621wields
wilds94818201wilds
wolds95420181wolds
balds85524642balds
beads85429502beads
beds75937782be_ds
bells76432162bells
bels66142492bel_s
belts75931162belts
bends85628972bends
bields94110002bields
bolds85825282bolds
cells75428062cells
cels65534972cel_s
celts75325782celts
colds85726972colds
deads75726912deads
deeds75423762deeds
deles65139252deles
delfs94918672delfs
delis64928542delis
dells66630942dells
dels56745472del_s
delts65731792delts
dwells10417712dwells
eds46638922_e_ds
eels46536742eel_s
eld46733792_eld_
elks85820032_elks
ells46431352_ells
elms67322702_elms
els37645722_el_s
ends56528522_ends
feds85234312fe_ds
feeds94921142feeds
felids103111622felids
fells85327382fells
felts85324542felts
fends96324972fends
feods99516852feods
feuds95914882feuds
fields104211042fields
fjelds17414472fjelds
folds95221692folds
geds66730812ge_ds
geld65828432geld_
gels56836102gel_s
gelts65924612gelts
gilds75417522gilds
gleds75417892gleds
golds75421312golds
heads95127112heads
heeds95420422heeds
held85330402held_
hells85032042hells
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helps105219342helps
herds96424682herds
holds94623242holds
jells125522162jells
kelps115116422kelps
kelts95222632kelts
leads66028492leads
lends65326252lends
leuds66214812leuds
meads85425322meads
meds75735362me_ds
meeds84920272meeds
meld75830472meld_
mells75031332mells
mels65941532mel_s
melts74930102melts
mends84927692mends
milds86422052milds
molds85324832molds
needs65719632needs
nerds65719252nerds
olds55926572_olds
peds75835242pe_ds
peles75738082peles
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelts76128812pelts
pends85527192pends
reads64835272reads
redds74617832redds
reds56042862re_ds
reeds65430902reeds
rends65129952rends
rewelds11457412rewelds
seeds64330062seeds
selfs85220242selfs
sells55134432sells
sels46345982sel_s
sends65528242sends
silds65520522silds
sleds64418852sleds
swells93913982swells
teds54932572te_ds
teles54536002teles
tells55828942tells
telos55424522telos
tels46841692tel_s
tends65425582tends
tweeds10498432tweeds
veld85323202veld_
veldt94819862veldt
veldts10417752veldts
vends95520892vends
wads87343142w_ads
wales86142832wales
walks126218502walks
walls85529382walls
wands96425482wands
wards97734402wards
weald95615022weald_
weals85428742weals
weans85326742weans
wears86030302wears
webs96622122we_bs
wed75843622we_d_
weed85637512weed_
weedy125115002weedy
weeks125017862weeks
weens85224052weens
weeps104120562weeps
wees76249122we_es
weets85427722weets
wefts116715492wefts
weirds10478052weirds
weirs84316492weirs
wekas123911792wekas
welch134411492welch
welded114013382welded
welder102914412welder
welders113313412welders
weldor10317652weldor
weldors11238002weldors
well75832042wel_l
welly114620012welly
welsh113110362welsh
welt75547862wel_t
wend85330452wend_
wens76337932we_ns
wests85727002wests
wets75940292we_ts
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
whids125413982whids
wield95213912wield_
wieldy13476182wieldy
wild85126512wild_
wiles85437872wiles
wills84528962wills
wilts85023502wilts
winds95425602winds
woads94818442woads
woalds10427582woalds
wold85429072wold_
wolfs116214162wolfs
woods95723032woods
words95425072words
worlds10568732worlds
wyles114615322wyles
wynds126310372wynds
yeld811423872yeld_
yelks126413622yelks
yells85821942yells
yelps105712992yelps
yields10466842yields
zeds145821802ze_ds

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001841.51635488.1
3Display Results1841840.0632920.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911841.88994595.6
 
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