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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 “bialy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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94 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
bialy10511932(None) 
biali73419071biali
bialys11387911bialys
bigly114814751bigly
billy105525361billy
baal67033112baal_
baals76122702baals
baby116723682b_aby
badly114918762badly
bail65042802bail_
bailey115015672bailey
bails75933522bails
bal56662722b_al_
bald76432902b_ald
baldy115518932b_aldy
bale66353842b_ale
balk105132222b_alk
balky145418242b_alky
ball66043322b_all
bally105530102bally
balm85534202b_alm
balmy125217472b_almy
bals66354042b_als
bay89661642b_a_y
beady114719922beady
beaky146118022beaky
beamy126218572beamy
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
bialis83617162bialis
bias64738162bia_s
bible95119422bible
biddy124612692biddy
bield84614652bield
biffy164711132biffy
bigamy1436342bigamy
biggy124413132biggy
bilby124912352bilby
bile66147182bi_le
bilgy114713712bilgy
bilk105824422bi_lk
bill67239942bi_ll
bills75632862bills
binal75323822binal_
binary11312222binary
birl65830472birl_
birle75023632birle
birls74023162birls
bitsy104511302bitsy
bitty106119172bitty
braky145015812braky
brawly144312352brawly
braxy175410892braxy
bray95232902bra_y
briary114912002briary
bully105124812bully
burly104922832burly
coaly105521592coaly
daily95922332daily
dial55935062dial_
dials64925342dials
diary95016972diary
dilly94923782dilly
dimly114913482dimly
filly114424902filly
fitly115114972fitly
gaily95020972gaily
gilly94321632gilly
girly94415292girly
hilly114422162hilly
hiply134113612hiply
idly85617322_idly
illy76925332_illy
inly75622212_inly
lily76730182li_ly
mealy104422182mealy
oily77932252oi_ly
paly95835532_paly
pial65636702pial_
pily96132732pi_ly
rial45938092rial_
rials55026672rials
scaly104718722scaly
shaly114322862shaly
sial45938832sial_
sials54227242sials
silly84527622silly
vealy115817772vealy
viably14199832viably
vial76731092vial_
vials85822382vials
waly105830902_waly
willy115321912willy
wily106428812wi_ly

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800941.56334421.0
3Display Results94940.0165875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691941.88994595.6
 
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