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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 “tardy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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133 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
tardy9472046(None) 
hardy125622061hardy
lardy96119271lardy
pardy115523951pardy
tardo65321101tardo
tarry85422511tarry
tarty86328181tarty
army96624182_army
arty77531312_arty
baddy125016022baddy
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824182bandy
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bards87139642bards
barky145721612barky
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
bawdy147513282bawdy
caddy125414022caddy
candy115119822candy
card710245872card_
cards85137932cards
carny105822922carny
carry105823782carry
curdy115916522curdy
daddy116212562daddy
dandy104416702dandy
darky136018832darky
early85324122early
faddy135511622faddy
farcy135217092farcy
fard85639062fard_
fards96629842fards
garda7316762garda
gaudy106611462gaudy
handy125520872handy
hard85443502hard_
hardly135112832hardly
hards96435652hards
harpy136418212harpy
harry115322952harry
lady86527152la_dy
lard56742002lard_
lards65331862lards
larky125218872larky
marly106925612marly
marry104821692marry
marvy135014032marvy
nard56634452nard_
nards65928462nards
narky126017802narky
nary76931222nar_y
nerdy95014702nerdy
paddy125913592paddy
pandy115021172pandy
pard76441322pard_
pardi85723952pardi
pards85634332pards
parody12410092parody
parry105323752parry
party106630612party
perdy115417332perdy
randy95022082randy
sandy94221132sandy
sard55344242sard_
sards64736182sards
sarky125521782sarky
starry94911672starry
sturdy1037042sturdy
tabby125213892tabby
tacky145617442tacky
tad47959822ta_d_
tads57143942ta_ds
taffy145110822taffy
talky126215682talky
tally84526862tally
tammy124013222tammy
tangy94519932tangy
tansy84514932tansy
tar37570692tar__
tardily11269582tardily
tardyon1134672tardyon
tare45957622tar_e
tared69340052tared
tares57456562tares
targe65227092targe
tarn46842722tar_n
tarns56433952tarns
taro46846912tar_o
taroc75721642taroc
tarok97921072tarok
taros55640822taros
tarot55943932tarot
tarp66936412tar_p
tarps76527112tarps
tarre55825632tarre
tars46763952tar_s
tarsi55222172tarsi
tart47566182tar_t
tartly96014022tartly
tarts57242022tarts
tasty84820312tasty
tatty84720182tatty
tawdry13395252tawdry
tawny114713652tawny
teary85124052tear_y
teddy10489492teddy
terry84721872terry
tidy86822422t_idy
toady96814342toady
toddy106812422toddy
tody86327212t_ody
tory75840542tor_y
trad55630912trad_
trade65026042trade
tray77632592t_ray
trey77228792t_rey
troy77429682t_roy
try66529672t_r_y
turd56027622turd_
turds65021692turds
turfy114315402turfy
vary105226062var_y
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wa_dy
ward86542252ward_
wards97734402wards
warty119323822warty
wary106740012war_y
wordy126916162wordy
yard85633252yard_
yards95324612yards

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit538001331.65632487.9
3Display Results1331330.0462891.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911332.02888111.9
 
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