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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 “yairds” 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.

53 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
yairds1044802(None) 
cairds96411511cairds
lairds74711611lairds
yaird96111911yaird_
yards95324611ya_rds
yirds96612511y_irds
aids57846362_ai_ds
airns55521032_airns
airs46447422_air_s
airts55626342_airts
bairns86710872bairns
bards87139642ba_rds
birds85421332_birds
caids85226422cai_ds
caird85717232caird_
cairns85313302cairns
cards85137932ca_rds
fairs85825442fair_s
fards96629842fa_rds
girds74816992_girds
hairdo1036432hairdo
hairdos1136822hairdos
hairs86225172hair_s
hards96435652ha_rds
laird65417792laird_
lairs55425872lair_s
lards65331862la_rds
liards75212612liards
maids86327142mai_ds
mairs76228302mair_s
naiads739012naiads
nairas6312782nairas
nairus639142nairus
nards65928462na_rds
pairs75325832pair_s
pards85634332pa_rds
qaids156116312qai_ds
raids65827512rai_ds
saids65328852sai_ds
sards64736182sa_rds
shairds11216262shairds
thirds10438602thirds
vairs85019132vair_s
wairs86424062wair_s
wards97734402wa_rds
weirds10478052weirds
yard85633252ya_rd_
yarns85621792ya_rns
yauds95013222ya_uds
yids85224962y_i_ds
yird87018982y_ird_
yirrs8469192y_irrs
zaires1539702zaires

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.29635954.3
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691532.65567303.6
 
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