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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 “bailors” 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.

35 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
bailors9321241(None) 
bailers94221351bailers
bailor83412601bailor_
jailors14328751jailors
sailors73213721sailors
tailors73212391tailors
bailees93914382bailees
bailer85425252bailer_
baileys12388932baileys
bailies94120202bailies
bailout9414132bailout
bailouts1036612bailouts
bails75933522bail__s
baiters94619302baiters
balers85626932ba_lers
ballers94421012ballers
ballons93916962ballons
ballots94116032ballots
barlows12259972barlows
bawlers124412732bawlers
boilers93417062boilers
hailers104017262hailers
jailers144114042jailers
jailor13418572jailor_
mailers94420332mailers
nailers73215892nailers
pallors9314362pallors
parlors9312912parlors
railers74420662railers
sailers73822322sailers
sailor63113752sailor_
tailers73720182tailers
tailor63412502tailor_
valors93413772va_lors
wailers103916802wailers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671352.92336835.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.29954165.2
 
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