Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ward” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ward	8	65	4225	(None)
award	9	71	1804	1	award
bard	7	56	4886	1	bard
card	7	102	4587	1	card
fard	8	56	3906	1	fard
hard	8	54	4350	1	hard
lard	5	67	4200	1	lard
nard	5	66	3445	1	nard
pard	7	64	4132	1	pard
sard	5	53	4424	1	sard
sward	9	42	2146	1	sward
wad	7	70	5389	1	wa_d
wand	8	58	3388	1	wand
war	6	72	6242	1	war_
wards	9	77	3440	1	wards
ware	7	62	5472	1	ware
wared	9	63	3987	1	wared
wark	11	57	3777	1	wark
warm	9	59	3567	1	warm
warn	7	52	3932	1	warn
warp	9	56	3500	1	warp
wars	7	86	5980	1	wars
wart	7	78	6608	1	wart
wary	10	67	4001	1	wary
word	8	98	3200	1	word
yard	8	56	3325	1	yard
ad	3	119	7503	2	_a_d
add	5	101	3236	2	_add
aid	4	92	6908	2	_aid
and	4	72	4417	2	_and
ar	2	113	7938	2	_ar_
arb	5	104	4842	2	_arb
arc	5	102	5090	2	_arc
are	3	78	7457	2	_are
arf	6	74	5337	2	_arf
arid	5	76	4271	2	_arid
ark	7	70	4496	2	_ark
arm	5	84	4962	2	_arm
ars	3	76	7093	2	_ars
art	3	86	7914	2	_art
awards	10	71	1345	2	awards
aware	8	64	2002	2	aware
awed	8	84	3603	2	awed
awry	10	76	1968	2	awry
bad	6	77	6315	2	ba_d
bald	7	64	3290	2	bald
band	7	67	4091	2	band
bar	5	80	7055	2	bar_
barb	8	52	4006	2	barb
barde	8	53	3077	2	barde
bards	8	71	3964	2	bards
bare	6	54	6052	2	bare
bared	8	51	4448	2	bared
barf	9	58	4441	2	barf
bark	10	62	4215	2	bark
barm	8	67	3960	2	barm
barn	6	64	4464	2	barn
bars	6	65	6409	2	bars
baud	7	49	2842	2	baud
bawd	10	55	2084	2	bawd
beard	8	60	2496	2	beard
bird	7	61	2832	2	bird
board	8	55	2300	2	board
brad	7	52	3434	2	brad
burd	7	55	3426	2	burd
cad	6	74	5636	2	ca_d
caid	7	78	3753	2	caid
caird	8	57	1723	2	caird
car	5	91	6556	2	car_
carb	8	51	4316	2	carb
cards	8	51	3793	2	cards
care	6	69	6837	2	care
cared	8	60	5009	2	cared
cark	10	55	3927	2	cark
carl	6	51	4478	2	carl
carn	6	62	4543	2	carn
carp	8	51	3981	2	carp
carr	6	54	3470	2	carr
cars	6	73	6476	2	cars
cart	6	65	7034	2	cart
chard	11	61	2474	2	chard
cord	7	67	4092	2	cord
coward	12	4	1167	2	coward
curd	7	76	3498	2	curd
dad	5	84	5616	2	da_d
darb	7	60	3353	2	darb
dare	5	58	4886	2	dare
dared	7	59	3501	2	dared
dark	9	51	3321	2	dark
darn	5	64	3462	2	darn
dart	5	58	5787	2	dart
dwarf	12	60	1524	2	dwarf
ear	3	68	6788	2	ear_
eared	6	51	3950	2	eared
earl	4	58	3814	2	earl
earn	4	67	3755	2	earn
ears	4	63	5659	2	ears
fad	7	74	5241	2	fa_d
far	6	77	6260	2	far_
farad	9	57	2067	2	farad
fards	9	66	2984	2	fards
fare	7	63	5446	2	fare
fared	9	58	4234	2	fared
farl	7	63	3855	2	farl
farm	9	59	3453	2	farm
faro	7	61	3692	2	faro
fart	7	68	6056	2	fart
ford	8	68	3549	2	ford
gad	5	75	5665	2	ga_d
gaed	6	60	3151	2	gaed
gar	4	72	5990	2	gar_
garb	7	53	3267	2	garb
garda	7	3	1676	2	garda
gars	5	57	5074	2	gars
gaud	6	70	2543	2	gaud
gird	6	54	2499	2	gird
grad	6	68	2986	2	grad
guard	7	44	1554	2	guard
had	7	76	5876	2	ha_d
haed	8	63	3858	2	haed
hand	8	68	3371	2	hand
hards	9	64	3565	2	hards
hardy	12	56	2206	2	hardy
hare	7	62	5573	2	hare
hared	9	57	4218	2	hared
hark	11	52	3739	2	hark
harl	7	57	4000	2	harl
harm	9	56	3779	2	harm
harp	9	61	3429	2	harp
hart	7	68	6577	2	hart
heard	9	52	2275	2	heard
herd	8	49	3306	2	herd
hoard	9	49	1831	2	hoard
inward	10	3	1033	2	inward
jar	10	76	4615	2	jar_
jarl	11	58	2813	2	jarl
jars	11	73	3835	2	jars
karn	8	61	2941	2	karn
kart	8	67	5080	2	kart
lad	4	81	6570	2	la_d
laid	5	64	3914	2	laid
laird	6	54	1779	2	laird
land	5	63	3731	2	land
lar	3	79	6753	2	lar_
lards	6	53	3186	2	lards
lardy	9	61	1927	2	lardy
lari	4	58	3915	2	lari
lark	8	57	3386	2	lark
lars	4	69	5657	2	lars
laud	5	65	2772	2	laud
liard	6	54	1859	2	liard
lord	5	50	3208	2	lord
lyard	9	51	1321	2	lyard
mad	6	89	5871	2	ma_d
maid	7	55	3766	2	maid
mar	5	79	6595	2	mar_
mara	6	74	4457	2	mara
marc	8	70	3463	2	marc
mare	6	47	5933	2	mare
mark	10	51	3806	2	mark
marl	6	63	4162	2	marl
mars	6	62	6187	2	mars
mart	6	68	6598	2	mart
maud	7	53	2540	2	maud
narc	6	71	2795	2	narc
nards	6	59	2846	2	nards
nark	8	52	3006	2	nark
nary	7	69	3122	2	nary
nerd	5	66	2494	2	nerd
nurd	5	62	2434	2	nurd
oar	3	70	5795	2	oar_
oared	6	50	3065	2	oared
oars	4	68	4603	2	oars
onward	10	3	905	2	onward
orad	5	60	3169	2	orad
pad	6	80	5732	2	pa_d
paid	7	57	3748	2	paid
par	5	74	6702	2	par_
para	6	52	4217	2	para
pardi	8	57	2395	2	pardi
pards	8	56	3433	2	pards
pardy	11	55	2395	2	pardy
pare	6	67	6084	2	pare
pared	8	69	4676	2	pared
park	10	52	3749	2	park
parr	6	57	3115	2	parr
pars	6	75	6079	2	pars
part	6	59	6746	2	part
qaid	14	60	2384	2	qaid
rad	4	76	6200	2	ra_d
raid	5	52	4307	2	raid
rand	5	58	3957	2	rand
rare	4	53	4843	2	rare
rared	6	57	3832	2	rared
reward	10	60	1764	2	reward
sad	4	74	5920	2	sa_d
said	5	57	4211	2	said
sand	5	53	3847	2	sand
sards	6	47	3618	2	sards
sari	4	54	4404	2	sari
sark	8	49	3897	2	sark
sarod	6	53	2587	2	sarod
shard	9	61	2596	2	shard
sord	5	62	3720	2	sord
surd	5	64	3381	2	surd
swards	10	54	1513	2	swards
sware	8	58	2821	2	sware
swarf	11	53	2465	2	swarf
swarm	10	62	1884	2	swarm
swart	8	62	3464	2	swart
sword	9	52	1412	2	sword
tad	4	79	5982	2	ta_d
tar	3	75	7069	2	tar_
tardo	6	53	2110	2	tardo
tardy	9	47	2046	2	tardy
tare	4	59	5762	2	tare
tared	6	93	4005	2	tared
tarn	4	68	4272	2	tarn
taro	4	68	4691	2	taro
tarp	6	69	3641	2	tarp
tars	4	67	6395	2	tars
tart	4	75	6618	2	tart
toward	10	3	1106	2	toward
trad	5	56	3091	2	trad
turd	5	60	2762	2	turd
upward	12	14	716	2	upward
urd	4	64	2705	2	_urd
var	6	61	4833	2	var_
vara	7	55	3088	2	vara
vars	7	57	4207	2	vars
vary	10	52	2606	2	vary
vaward	13	49	872	2	vaward
wab	8	70	5183	2	wa_b
wabs	9	73	3723	2	wabs
wack	13	53	3091	2	wack
waddy	13	53	1299	2	waddy
wade	8	52	3706	2	wade
waded	10	60	2475	2	waded
wadi	8	62	2817	2	wadi
wads	8	73	4314	2	wads
wady	11	53	2499	2	wady
wae	6	75	5695	2	wa_e
waes	7	60	4860	2	waes
waff	13	42	2804	2	waff
waft	10	61	3900	2	waft
wag	7	64	5175	2	wa_g
wage	8	48	3408	2	wage
waged	10	48	2278	2	waged
wags	8	61	4055	2	wags
waif	10	58	3675	2	waif
wail	7	52	3882	2	wail
wain	7	58	4020	2	wain
wair	7	58	3005	2	wair
waired	10	60	1583	2	waired
wairs	8	64	2406	2	wairs
wait	7	55	5369	2	wait
wake	11	49	3570	2	wake
waked	13	56	2675	2	waked
wale	7	45	4643	2	wale
waled	9	43	3099	2	waled
walk	11	56	2561	2	walk
wall	7	62	3610	2	wall
waly	10	58	3090	2	waly
wame	9	50	3548	2	wame
wan	6	67	6194	2	wa_n
wands	9	64	2548	2	wands
wane	7	63	4472	2	wane
waned	9	58	3178	2	waned
wank	11	56	3251	2	wank
wans	7	64	5227	2	wans
want	7	61	5617	2	want
wany	10	64	3236	2	wany
wap	8	65	5337	2	wa_p
waps	9	66	4208	2	waps
warded	11	50	2104	2	warded
warden	10	45	1551	2	warden
warder	10	40	2027	2	warder
wares	8	82	5058	2	wares
warked	14	44	2121	2	warked
warks	12	79	3240	2	warks
warmed	12	45	1689	2	warmed
warms	10	77	2685	2	warms
warned	10	40	1891	2	warned
warns	8	72	3100	2	warns
warped	12	48	1641	2	warped
warps	10	71	2642	2	warps
warred	10	40	1984	2	warred
warted	10	42	2323	2	warted
warts	8	148	4040	2	warts
warty	11	93	2382	2	warty
was	6	87	6756	2	wa_s
wash	10	60	3381	2	wash
wasp	9	56	2685	2	wasp
wast	7	56	5585	2	wast
wat	6	73	7892	2	wa_t
wats	7	75	5588	2	wats
watt	7	55	4541	2	watt
wauk	11	52	2059	2	wauk
waul	7	69	2731	2	waul
waur	7	68	1990	2	waur
wave	10	52	3473	2	wave
waved	12	52	2358	2	waved
wavy	13	66	2047	2	wavy
waw	9	70	4638	2	wa_w
wawl	10	53	2194	2	wawl
waws	10	68	3490	2	waws
wax	13	70	4118	2	wa_x
waxed	16	60	1848	2	waxed
waxy	17	59	1820	2	waxy
way	9	67	5766	2	wa_y
ways	10	77	3795	2	ways
weald	9	56	1502	2	weald
wear	7	58	3672	2	wear_
wears	8	60	3030	2	wears
weary	11	56	2061	2	weary
wed	7	58	4362	2	w_ed
weed	8	56	3751	2	weed
weird	9	51	1128	2	weird
weld	8	47	2773	2	weld
wend	8	53	3045	2	wend
were	7	62	3833	2	were
wert	7	97	4982	2	wert
wharf	14	3	1582	2	wharf
whid	11	54	1887	2	whid
wild	8	51	2651	2	wild
wind	8	55	3385	2	wind
wire	7	58	3981	2	wire
wired	9	53	2764	2	wired
wiry	10	64	2283	2	wiry
wizard	19	37	771	2	wizard
woad	8	55	2394	2	woad
woald	9	48	1307	2	woald
wold	8	54	2907	2	wold
wood	8	53	2938	2	wood
words	9	54	2507	2	words
wordy	12	69	1616	2	wordy
wore	7	71	4467	2	wore
work	11	55	2884	2	work
world	9	69	1536	2	world
worm	9	61	2949	2	worm
worn	7	56	3175	2	worn
wort	7	66	5475	2	wort
wrap	9	68	2197	2	wrap
wry	9	65	2470	2	w_ry
wud	7	62	2715	2	w_ud
wynd	11	61	1446	2	wynd
yaird	9	61	1191	2	yaird
yald	8	69	2061	2	yald
yar	6	72	5383	2	yar_
yards	9	53	2461	2	yards
yare	7	56	3694	2	yare
yarn	7	52	3004	2	yarn
yaud	8	70	2008	2	yaud
yird	8	70	1898	2	yird
zarf	16	69	2912	2	zarf

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.280	638182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	355	0.910	32826.4
3	Display Results	355	355	0.076	4671.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	355	1.266	141146.1