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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 “yards” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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229 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
yards9532461(None) 
bards87139641bards
cards85137931cards
fards96629841fards
hards96435651hards
lards65331861lards
nards65928461nards
pards85634331pards
sards64736181sards
wards97734401wards
yairds10448021yairds
yard85633251yard_
yarns85621791yarns
yauds95013221yauds
yirds96612511yirds
adds67622452_adds
ads49755732_a_ds
aids57846362_aids
ands57833612_ands
arbs66834732_arbs
arcs67834782_arcs
ares45871022_ares
arfs76029962_arfs
arks85936872_arks
arms66137492_arms
ars37670932_ar_s
arts49650262_arts
awards107113452awards
bads77048862ba_ds
balds85524642balds
bands85233422bands
barbs95928192barbs
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bardes95026932bardes
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128462barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092bar_s
bauds85821042bauds
bawds116115492bawds
bayards13379682bayards
beards94116672beards
birds85421332birds
boards94616932boards
boyards13399322boyards
brads85528292brads
burds84626062burds
cads76144522ca_ds
caids85226422caids
cairds96411512cairds
carbs96031462carbs
card710245872card_
cares77369182cares
carks115534212carks
carls77037422carls
carns75937562carns
carps96932252carps
carrs75730852carrs
cars67364762car_s
carts78946292carts
chards125119732chards
cords86030622cords
curds85725612curds
dads67442772da_ds
darbs85323262darbs
dares66146702dares
darks106727872darks
darns66927892darns
darts67635732darts
dyads10549972dya_ds
earls56127512earls
earns55927562earns
ears46356592ear_s
fads86939872fa_ds
farads104713272farads
fard85639062fard_
fares85852872fares
farls85731112farls
farms106324952farms
faros85532022faros
farts88336842farts
fords95328182fords
gads67843382ga_ds
garbs86321412garbs
garda7316762garda
gars55750742gar_s
gauds75717722gauds
girds74816992girds
grads75625752grads
guards84611572guards
hands95327382hands
hard85443502hard_
hardy125622062hardy
hares86255542hares
harks126333432harks
harls85634502harls
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
herds96424682herds
hoards104912622hoards
hurds95219072hurds
jarls126120962jarls
jars117338352jar_s
karns96624142karns
karts97630112karts
kyars124813962kyar_s
lads56549132la_ds
lairds74711612lairds
lands65426902lands
lard56742002lard_
lardy96119272lardy
lares54852632lares
laris54737462laris
larks95227812larks
lars46956572lar_s
lauds65618482lauds
liards75212612liards
lords64923502lords
lyard95113212lyard_
mads76845372ma_ds
maids86327142maids
maras75443292maras
marcs95726622marcs
mares76457632mares
marks115933482marks
marls75535162marls
mars66261872mar_s
marts77442232marts
mauds85519272mauds
narcs76122022narcs
nard56634452nard_
nares55544152nares
naris55735292naris
narks96026032narks
nerds65719252nerds
nurds65518522nurds
oars46846032oar_s
pads76742952pa_ds
paras76143042paras
pard76441322pard_
pardi85723952pardi
pardy115523952pardy
pares77164482pares
paris75145942paris
parks116134462parks
parrs75928672parrs
pars67560792par_s
parts77743372parts
qaids156116312qaids
rads56046602ra_ds
raids65827512raids
rands65930452rands
rares55247442rares
saids65328852saids
sands65228582sands
sard55344242sard_
saris54544952saris
sarks96632462sarks
sarods74918572sarods
saros55238062saros
shards104319172shards
sords64527802sords
surds65624662surds
swards105415132swards
tads57143942ta_ds
tardo65321102tardo
tardy94720462tardy
tares57456562tares
tarns56433952tarns
taros55640822taros
tarps76527112tarps
tars46763952tar_s
tarts57242022tarts
turds65021692turds
urds55922432_urds
varas86028192varas
vars75742072var_s
varus85921182varus
wads87343142wa_ds
wands96425482wands
ward86542252ward_
wares88250582wares
warks127932402warks
warms107726852warms
warns87231002warns
warps107126422warps
wars78659802war_s
warts814840402warts
words95425072words
yacks144419812yacks
yaffs145311122yaffs
yagis95416572yagis
yags86632292ya_gs
yaird96111912yaird_
yaks116025202ya_ks
yald86920612yald_
yams95330732ya_ms
yangs95618692yangs
yanks125316572yanks
yaps95933522ya_ps
yar67253832yar__
yarded114714022yarded
yarder103813972yarder
yarders113211592yarders
yare75636942yar_e
yarer84321572yarer
yarest95018912yarest
yarn75230042yar_n
yaud87020082yaud_
yaups105910742yaups
yawls114613602yawls
yawns114213272yawns
yawps13628792yawps
yaws105531212ya_ws
yays105728912ya_ys
yearns9509542yearns
years84527672year_s
yerks125416562yerks
yids85224962y_ids
yird87018982yird_
yirrs8469192yirrs
yods86531182y_ods
yores85031322yores
yurts87216532yurts
zarfs174713622zarfs

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538002291.42037887.3
3Display Results2292290.0633634.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912291.79699493.9
 
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