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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 “dwarf” 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.

45 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
dwarf12601524(None) 
dwarfs13436271dwarfs
swarf115324651swarf
arf67453372__arf
award97118042award
aware86420022aware
barf95844412_barf
bedwarf16106462bedwarf
daff115229682d_aff
darb76033532d_arb
dare55848862d_are
dark95133212d_ark
darn56434622d_arn
dart55857872d_art
deaf85838402dea_f
dear55343602dear_
dears65736882dears
deary95826842deary
dewar95817732dewar_
dewars105117072dewars
diary95016972diary
draff125615662draff
dwarfed1533482dwarfed
dwarfer1433682dwarfer
scarf105427142scarf
snarf86525422snarf
sward94221462sward
sware85828212sware
swarfs125612062swarfs
swarm106218832swarm
swart86234642swart
waff134228042_waff
waif105836752_waif
war67262422_war_
ward86542252_ward
ware76254722_ware
wark115737772_wark
warm95935672_warm
warn75239322_warn
warp95635002_warp
wars78659802_wars
wart77866082_wart
wary106740012_wary
wharf14315822wharf
zarf166929122_zarf

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800451.73331044.4
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691451.84297009.2
 
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