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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 “duckweeds” 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.

29 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
duckweeds204240(None) 
duckweed1943021duckweed_
rockweeds1942832rockweeds
buckeens1634853buck_eens
bullweeds1543203bullweeds
burweeds1434103bu_rweeds
chickweeds2542123chickweeds
cudweeds1542413cu_dweeds
daneweeds1442763daneweeds
deerweeds1443013deerweeds
dickheads2043633dickheads
ducked144718013duck__ed_
duckers143214713duck__ers
duckies143613813duck_ie_s
duckwalks18102283duckwalks
dyeweeds1642153d_yeweeds
gulfweeds1741743gulfweeds
gumweeds1542383gu_mweeds
hawkweeds2341853hawkweeds
locoweeds1541973locoweeds
milkweeds1942783milkweeds
richweeds18132813richweeds
rockweed1843313rockweed_
silkweeds1742603silkweeds
skunkweeds1761123skunkweeds
stickweeds2082443stickweeds
succeeds1343693suc_ceeds
sumpweeds1742353sumpweeds
tickseeds1673223tickseeds

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641296.89321564.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.34224338.2
 
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