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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 “lacewoods” 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.

32 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
lacewoods155489(None) 
lacewood1455251lacewood_
lancewoods1652581lancewoods
latewoods1355201latewoods
backwoods2146392backwoods
blackwoods2243892blackwoods
laceworks1846582laceworks
lancewood1552792lancewood_
latewood1255682latewood_
backwood2046973backwood_
backwoodsy2552163backwoodsy
basswoods1574323basswoods
baywoods1745593ba_ywoods
blackwood2144123blackwood_
bluewoods1543803bluewoods
dagwoods1444583da_gwoods
dyewoods1643503_dyewoods
eaglewoods1552553eaglewoods
fatwoods1585953fa_twoods
firewoods1645963firewoods
hardwoods17135513hardwoods
lacertids1244153lacertids
lacewings1543303lacewings
lacework1746853lacew_ork
ladhoods1345873la_dhoods
ladyhoods1742943ladyhoods
logwoods1344763l_ogwoods
matchwoods2173233matchwoods
pinewoods1544963pinewoods
rosewoods1345063rosewoods
sapwoods1456263sa_pwoods
sasswoods13114043sasswoods

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641327.39320105.6
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691327.82622833.0
 
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