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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 “pilchards” 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.

25 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
pilchards174392(None) 
pilchard1644551pilchard_
pochards1646852p_ochards
billiards1245023billiards
chards125119733___chards
clochards1743823clochards
diehards1346213di_ehards
discards1238913disc_ards
echards1337963__echards
filchers16286863filcher_s
filmcards1742473filmcards
milliards1246193milliards
orchards1445913_orchards
paillards1244983pail_lards
picaras11311283pi_c_aras
picaros11310893pi_c_aros
pillars9313493pil_lar_s
pinchers153510613pincher_s
pitchers153211483pitcher_s
placards1345813p_lacards
pochard1537363p_ochard_
pollards11299523pol_lards
potshards1544053potshards
tiltyards1362593tiltyards
wildcards1643043wildcards

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641257.18620684.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691257.62523434.9
 
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