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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 “year” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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235 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
year7653425(None) 
bear66844641bear
dear55343601dear
ear36867881_ear
fear75337791fear
gear55934971gear
hear76143881hear
lear47045951lear
near45236501near
pear69745231pear
rear45644551rear
sear47353841sear
tear45242881tear
wear75836721wear
yar67253831y_ar
yea66445751yea_
yeah106725411yeah
yean75834581yean
yearn86316431yearn
years84527671years
yeas78638421yeas
afar76720782afar
agar58726412agar
ajar116217702ajar
alar46340072alar
anear55420322anear
ar211379382__ar
bar58070552_bar
bead75937922bead
beak106534382beak
beam86939232beam
bean66443862bean
beard86024962beard
bears75739042bears
beat66168302beat
beau66137272beau
beer65635992beer
blear75918682blear
boar66134292boar
car59165562_car
cedar84014322cedar
char95132152char
clear76219052clear
cymar125711262cymar
czar156013132czar
dead65434242dead
deaf85838402deaf
deair65817192deair
deal56347412deal
dean56039482dean
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
debar85517862debar
deer56739022deer
denar65223292denar
dewar95817732dewar
drear65016902drear
dyer85522112dye_r
earl45838142_earl
earn46737552_earn
ears46356592_ears
eat36989052_eat
eau37450942_eau
er28345142_e_r
era35741502_era
err35626532_err
eyas76427432eyas
eyebar1135322eyebar
eyer76127282eyer
eyra76217552eyra
far67762602_far
feal713940422feal
fears84829392fears
feat76458222feat
fer66646122fe_r
feuar8310242feuar
fiar76427342fiar
gar47259902_gar
gears64628692gears
gnar56021382gnar
guar56923292guar
haar77323492haar
head87137172head
heal75645692heal
heap96432892heap
heard95222752heard
hears86737372hears
heart85440742heart
heat77061422heat
heir77523802heir
her66547812he_r
hoar76729162hoar
izar136616012izar
jar107646152_jar
jean116629282jean
jeer115426462jeer
kbar106514662kbar
kea76540922kea_
keas86337102keas
kebar115113532kebar
keir86217882keir
knar85818732knar
kyar116916852kyar
lar37967532_lar
lea37660182lea_
lead56038852lead
leaf76441032leaf
leak86233712leak
leal46043272leal
lean46345242lean
leap66032682leap
learn55322662learn
lears55938732lears
leary85927382leary
leas45954182leas
leer46239352leer
lehr75514942lehr
liar47229692liar
maar66025062maar
mar57965952_mar
mead75531602mead
meal65643172meal
mean65538092mean
meat66359602meat
mylar105311532mylar
neap66927012neap
nears55529422nears
neat46356782neat
oar37057952_oar
osar46820952osar
oyer75927652oye_r
par57467022_par
pea56657242pea_
peag75431342peag
peak106535202peak
peal68648102peal
pean66147172pean
pearl75324462pearl
pears75138612pears
peart76440752peart
peas65755062peas
peat65967932peat
peer66238352peer
per56353092pe_r
read55942532read
real45750292real
ream65841612ream
reap65934742reap
rearm75923572rearm
rears54739652rears
rebar75420192rebar
roar46328572roar
scar66434202scar
sea36161292sea_
seal45654372seal
seam66645972seam
sears54744912sears
seas45755272seas
seat47575562seat
seer45547042seer
ser36752402se_r
sera46141392sera
sewar85421102sewar
shear85424832shear
smear74416392smear
soar46838672soar
spar65433302spar
spear75821062spear
star48037762star
swear85316852swear
tar37570692_tar
tea37353322tea_
teak85930842teak
teal45546502teal
team66238652team
tears55436462tears
teary85124052teary
teas45851492teas
teat45963632teat
tsar47819802tsar
tyer75323392tye_r
tzar136315372tzar
var66148332_var
veal76936812veal
veer76229572veer
velar85817632velar
vera76828842vera
war67262422_war
weak117126302weak
weal75838682weal
wean75734352wean
wears86030302wears
weary115620612weary
weer75535092weer
weir76019922weir
ya510251502y_a_
yag76947732y_ag
yah99046352y_ah
yak107038562y_ak
yam87448992y_am
yap85949822y_ap
yard85633252y_ard
yare75636942y_are
yarn75230042y_arn
yaw97145152y_aw
yay96948712y_ay
ye57650062ye__
yeahs115214552yeahs
yeans86624882yeans
yearly125210272yearly
yearns9509542yearns
yeast85327942yeast
yech127220532yech
yegg96511792yegg
yeh97135772ye_h
yeld811423872yeld
yelk115320002yelk
yell76028322yell
yelp95621352yelp
yen66847382ye_n
yens75832262yens
yep86638962ye_p
yeps95924402yeps
yerk116222082yerk
yes66250612ye_s
yet66960692ye_t
yeti75823212yeti
yett76434492yett
yeuk116015472yeuk
yew96436292ye_w
yews105323962yews
yirr76513582yirr
your78623432your
yuan76120012yuan
zeal135530332zeal

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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298722350.73340753.1
3Display Results2352350.0633730.2
 (SQL Overall)1786912351.092163636.4
 
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