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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 “firmware” 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.

37 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
firmware164396(None) 
firmwares1743851firmwares
airfare1047243air_fare
airward1148133air_ward
airwave1344433air_wave
barware12610703bar_ware
dishware1545433dishware
farmwife1942173farmwife
farmwork2044193farmwork
farmyard1742833farmyard
fermate122813003ferm_ate
filmcard1642823filmcard
finmark16154883finm_ark
firearm1237203fir_earm
firebase1346493firebase
firewall14125933firewall
firewater1545213firewater
firework1847413firework
fireworm1646693fireworm
firman112211343firm_a_n
firmans12238523firm_ans
firmer114712443firm_er_
firmers124711443firm_ers
flatware1444893flatware
forbare122310513for_bare
forewarn14117173forewarn
formate123115093form_ate
formwork2044533formwork
forswore14106963forswore
forward1438293for_ward
freeware1446173freeware
froward1436673f_roward
giftware1542463giftware
hardware1546283hardware
ironware1144653_ironware
stemware1344883stemware
tinware1038603ti_nware

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162377.53319402.9
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.96922423.3
 
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