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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 “grounds” 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
grounds922831(None) 
ground82310271ground_
rounds73615621_rounds
abounds10217082abounds
aground9216182aground_
around72712412around_
bounds94415802_bounds
drownds12346152drownds
founds104814192_founds
fronds106412342fro_nds
gerunds935182gerunds
gourds8108252g_ourds
grands84218242gr_ands
grinds84511842gr_inds
groans74815062groan_s
groins73917202groin_s
grounded1136572grounded
grounder1047612grounder
grounders1156782grounders
groundsel1142782groundsel
groups94210512grou_ps
grouses84616542grouses
grouts75015612grou_ts
groynes1137822groynes
grunts75511852gr_unts
hounds104413132_hounds
mounds93915132_mounds
pounds93714382_pounds
round64318432_round_
sounds74616182_sounds
stounds8377822stounds
swounds11405642swounds
unrounds9145572unrounds
wounds103811632_wounds
zounds164310172_zounds

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit107671353.26632967.2
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.41952264.1
 
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