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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 “skywards” 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.

62 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
skywards194337(None) 
skyward1843861skyward_
haywards1845872haywards
seawards1237202seawards
skyboards1943772skyboards
skylarks1442502skylarks
skywalks1742192skywalks
skyways2043222skywa_ys
stewards1236382stewards
sunwards1236442sunwards
swards105415132s__wards
awards107113453__awards
bayards13379683bay_ards
bedwards1596393bedwards
boyards13399323boy_ards
bywords1634283_bywords
cowards1339613_cowards
forwards1537043forwards
hayward1736413hayward_
inwards1138343_inwards
keycards1843063keycards
keywords1944323keywords
kyars124813963_ky_ar_s
leewards1244983leewards
manwards1447613manwards
onwards1137173_onwards
outwards1299123outwards
psywars1533673psywar_s
rewards114813993_rewards
reynards1244303reynards
saggards11397493saggards
sards64736183s___ards
seaward1148183seaward_
seawares1139333seawares
selfwards1642733selfwards
sewars94018633s_ewar_s
shards104319173s__hards
sidewards1445053sidewards
skalds11437833sk__alds
skewbalds1941843skewbalds
skewers14498383skewer_s
skyboard1844003skyboard_
skycaps1842713skyca_ps
skyjacks2342543skyjacks
skylark1343273skylar_k
skysails1552493skysails
skysurfs1841383skysurfs
skywalk1642353skywa_lk
skyway1933343skywa__y
sowars94318013s_owar_s
steward1138063steward_
sunward1137653sunward_
sward94221463s__ward_
swarfs125612063s__warfs
swarms116112173s__warms
swords104510803s__words
towards1138783_towards
upwards13135963_upwards
vawards14457573_vawards
wards97734403___wards
wayward1736053wayward_
yards95324613__y_ards

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162627.23320207.7
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691627.68623248.9
 
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