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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 “third” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

85 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
third9591249(None) 
thir76420541thir_
thirds10438601thirds
thirl85416821thirl
bird76128322_bird
caird85717232caird
chard116124742chard
chid106626402chi_d
child114516222child
chirk144516182chirk
chirm125317062chirm
chiro105320342chiro
chirp124717162chirp
chirr105015902chirr
chiru105317152chiru
chord115917262chord
gird65424992_gird
hard85443502_hard
herd84933062_herd
hid76248382_hi_d
hied85434042_hied
hind85529752_hind
hire75538962_hire
hired95226262_hired
laird65417792laird
shaird10288702shaird
shard96125962shard
sherd96321152sherd
shied96125492shied
shire84727132shire
shirk124817842shirk
shirr84716922shirr
shirt84533902shirt
teiid6312532teiid
teind6213612teind
thairm1156962thairm
tharm105916642tharm
their85512152their_
theirs94610352theirs
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
thick145613352thick
thief114516302thief
thigh12410122thigh
thill85918732thill
thin76732392thi_n
thine85026862thine
thing96622982thing
think125018802think
thins85826332thins
thio77225412thi_o
thiol87616042thiol
thiram1139962thiram
thirdly1444632thirdly
thirled11328092thirled
thirls95012062thirls
thirst9312252thirst
thirty12378402thirty
this76027382thi_s
thorn85318702thorn
thoro86217872thoro
thorp104414262thorp
thrip103012182thrip
thro77726422th_ro
thru76818942th_ru
thud85613912th_ud
thurl84912682thurl
tied55535212t_ied
tire46143352t_ire
tired65228902t_ired
tirl45029922t_irl
tiro46832362t_iro
triad65217722triad
tried65026912tried
turd56027622t_urd
twirl85011942twirl
twirp10468942twirp
weird95111282weird
whid115418872whi_d
whir105519282whir_
whirl114913822whirl
whirr114611192whirr
whirs115218092whirs
yaird96111912yaird
yird87018982_yird

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.65632487.9
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691851.98590020.7
 
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