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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 “rads” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
rads5604661(None) 
ads49755741_ads
bads77048871bads
brads85528291brads
cads76144531cads
dads67442781dads
fads86939881fads
gads67843391gads
grads75625751grads
lads56549141lads
mads76845381mads
pads76742961pads
rad47662011rad_
rags55448371rags
raids65827521raids
rais45252621rais
rams65950771rams
rands65930451rands
raps66247731raps
ras37575391ra_s
rats46260371rats
raws75238211raws
rays77642351rays
reads64835271reads
reds56042871reds
rids56539561rids
roads66523621roads
rods56442071rods
tads57143951tads
wads87343151wads

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit13983300.26652567.7
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691300.562317955.5
 
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