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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 “waxworks” 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.

66 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
waxworks2511472(None) 
warworks1877061warworks
waxwork24104881waxwork_
waxworms2393671waxworms
dayworks1945562dayworks
gasworks1645942gasworks
warwork1757582warwork_
waxworker2642132waxworker
waxworkers2752002waxworkers
waxworm2264572waxwor_m
webworks2044662webworks
artworks1546523artworks
awlworts1443593awlworts
bagworms1645213bagworms
beadworks1945723beadworks
byworks1944543_byworks
capeworks2045633capeworks
caseworks1846413caseworks
cutworks17166003cutworks
daywork1845653daywork_
earworms1346783earworms
fanworts1446103fanworts
farmworks2143843farmworks
flatworks1944703flatworks
hackworks2045203hackworks
hairworks1944843hairworks
handworks2046703handworks
hayforks2143423hayforks
headworks2045953headworks
laceworks1846583laceworks
lathworks1945193lathworks
leadworks1745123leadworks
legworks1645373legworks
madworts1456173madworts
networks1546143networks
outworks15148973outworks
pinworks17106353pinworks
preworks17599013preworks
rackworks1745543rackworks
ragworts12125803ragworts
reworks145113603_reworks
roadworks1745313roadworks
saltworks1645173saltworks
saxhorns1843833saxhorns
seatworks1646303seatworks
taskworks1543903taskworks
teamworks1844593teamworks
tinworks1596043tinworks
topworks1745343topworks
tryworks1844603tryworks
warks127932403wa___rks
warlocks1735363warlocks
warlords1245303warlords
warworn1357353warwor_n
waterworks2046173waterworks
waxers164014303wax_er_s
waxweeds2242153waxweeds
waxwings2232953waxwings
wayworn1675293waywor_n
webwork1944843webwork_
webworms1843763webworms
wireworks1946023wireworks
woodworks2045583woodworks
woolworks1954393woolworks
works125621903___works
yardworks2044483yardworks

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162666.43622710.1
3Display Results66660.0302200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691666.93625762.8
 
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