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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formudguards” 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.

11 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
mudguards144150(None) 
mudguard1341781mudguard_
unguards1053992_unguards
bodyguards1851683bodyguards
guards84611573___guards
mudlarks1542883mud_larks
muggars11316643mu_ggar_s
muggurs11315103muggu_r_s
mustards11297883mu_stards
unguard955093_unguard_
vanguards1443273vanguards

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit148641117.26620457.1
3Display Results11110.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691117.98222386.7