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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 “bawdier” 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.

47 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
bawdier1337820(None) 
bawdies134613391bawdies
babier103515572ba_bier
badder103817512ba_dder
baddie104114032baddie_
baddies114017872baddies
badger105415082ba_dger
baggier113611642baggier
balder95318862bald_er
baldies105317702baldies
balkier134111982balkier
balmier113811512balmier
bander93928222band_er
bandied114414302bandied
bandies104124862bandies
barkier133814482barkier
barmier114313042barmier
barnier93213672barnier
barrier94017732barrier
battier93515712battier
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
bawdily1635802bawdily
bawdries14136842bawdries
bawler114315052baw_ler
bawtie113812142bawtie_
bawties124214312bawties
beadier103513912beadier
bendier103111412bendier
brawlier13267042brawlier
brawnier13216722brawnier
dandier93714572dandier
dawdler12356792dawdler
dowdier12328572dowdier
faddier1237782faddier
fawnier13296362fawnier
gaudier938452gaudier
gawkier15326522gawkier
handier113817442handier
hardier114721542hardier
lardier83518342lardier
pawkier16236612pawkier
randier83618472randier
rowdier11348592rowdier
sandier84017842sandier
tardier859719992tardier
tawdrier12133432tawdrier
tawnier10318462tawnier

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671473.28332796.5
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.67248663.1
 
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