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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 “weaverbirds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

25 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
weaverbirds205135(None) 
weaverbird1951421weaverbird_
waterbirds1644052w_aterbirds
beaverboards20142123beaverboards
waterbird1554503w_aterbird_
beaverboard19142264beaverboard_
bowerbirds1851454_bowerbirds
cedarbirds1651084ce_darbirds
heathbirds19132234hea_thbirds
heavenwards2151194heavenwards
leaderboards1652054leaderboards
lovebirds1542264_love_birds
neverminds1652394ne_verminds
ovenbirds1542024__ovenbirds
overbids14248904__overbi_ds
overgirds1445164__overgirds
reedbirds1362484re__edbirds
seabirds1164404sea___birds
snakebirds1751654snake_birds
verbids13259204___verbi_ds
waterbeds1544884w_aterb_eds
wavebands1843354w_ave_bands
waverers14318614w_aver_er_s
weatherboards2262604weatherboards
weavers133714464weave___r_s

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819258.36017801.3
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.79920308.1
 
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