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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 “orchards” 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.

59 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
orchards144591(None) 
orchard1346931orchard_
chards125119732__chards
echards1337962_echards
orchardist1653342orchardist
orchids1377212orch_ids
pochards1646852pochards
archers124414573archer_s
becharms1745343becharms
briards10398553br_iards
cards85137933__c_ards
chads116122233__cha_ds
charas114223613__charas
chard116124743__chard_
chares115631803__chares
charks155219703__charks
charms135218843__charms
charrs115219193__charrs
chars105936643__char_s
charts115823093__charts
chords125214633__chords
clochards1743823clochards
diehards1346213diehards
echard1249223_echard_
eschars1237183eschar_s
eucharis1347443eucharis
forehands1656743forehands
foreyards1645503foreyards
forwards1537043for_wards
hards96435653___hards
northwards1752973northwards
ochers113915303o_cher_s
ochres113510833o_ch_res
octads987333o_cta_ds
onwards1137173o_nwards
orcas75918623orc_a__s
orchardists1752083orchardists
orchid1289573orch_id_
orchils1277703orch_ils
orchis11710773orch__is
orchises1338773orchises
orchitis1346423orchitis
oreads73915773or_ea_ds
orphans1237773orpha_ns
outcharms1643923outcharms
outwards1299123outwards
oxcarts1634313oxc_arts
pilchards1743923pilchards
pochard1537363pochard_
potshards1544053potshards
recharts1337663recharts
regards94112563_regards
retards85015003_retards
rewards114813993_rewards
ritards8439943_ritards
shards104319173__shards
torcheres1446863torcheres
trochars1377853trochar_s
urochords1544213urochords

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162597.09320606.5
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691597.51523777.9
 
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