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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 “dryads” 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.

35 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
dryads1143662(None) 
dreads84115021dreads
dryad10477581dryad_
dryades12395631dryades
dyads10549971d_yads
brads85528292br_ads
breads95419202breads
broads94515152broads
dads67442772d__ads
deads75726912d_eads
drabs85119672dr_abs
drags75521112dr_ags
drams86025832dr_ams
drats66628372dr_ats
draws95119372dr_aws
drays95819772dr_ays
dread74419022dread_
dreams94513982dreams
drears74614252drears
droids84712582droids
druids8368092druids
dryadic1443622dryadic
dryers10449272dryers
drys86314802dry__s
duads76515342d_uads
dyad96415452d_yad_
grads75625752gr_ads
oreads73915772oreads
rads56046602_r_ads
reads64835272_reads
roads66523622_roads
ryas77224612_rya_s
rynds9569972_rynds
treads74817922treads
triads74513532triads

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551352.40634310.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691352.54870129.9
 
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