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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 “woodwaxes” 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.

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
woodwaxes234310(None) 
woadwaxes2342321woadwaxes
woodwaxen2351951woodwaxen
woodwaxens2451381woodwaxens
woadwaxen2351212woadwaxen
woadwaxens245912woadwaxens
woodboxes2243952woodboxes
woodwax2143472woodwax__
cookwares1844803cookwares
foodways1844293foodwa_ys
goodwives1742233goodwives
woadwax2142173woadwax__
woodbines1544593woodbines
woodenwares18101553woodenwares
woodies113517153wood__ies
woodlands1444153woodlands
woodlarks17103133woodlarks
woodlores1345163woodlores
woodnotes1344163woodnotes
woodpiles1543983woodpiles
woodtones1345123woodtones
woodwinds1742793woodwinds
woodworks2045583woodworks
woodworms1854623woodworms
wordages1337053word_ages

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641256.23323847.4
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691256.65626846.6
 
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