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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 “bields” 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.

51 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
bields9411000(None) 
bield84614651bield_
fields104211041fields
wields10469621wields
yields10466841yields
balds85524642b_alds
beads85429502b_eads
beds75937782b_e_ds
bells76432162b_ells
bels66142492b_el_s
belts75931162b_elts
bends85628972b_ends
bialis83617162bialis
bialys11387912bialys
bibles104617642bibles
bids75838432bi__ds
bielded11226712bielded
biers76225222bie_rs
biles75542142bi_les
bilks115117892bi_lks
bills75632862bi_lls
binds86627472bi_nds
bipeds11458052bipeds
bipods11408592bipods
birds85421332bi_rds
birles84920642birles
birls74023162birl_s
bleeds95211592bleeds
blends96012882blends
bolds85825282b_olds
breads95419202breads
breeds94914882breeds
builds9378492builds
chields13507482chields
elds56324852__elds
field95015322field_
fiends104110292fiends
fjelds17414472fjelds
gelds75118342_gelds
gilds75417522gi_lds
melds84822382_melds
milds86422052mi_lds
riels55121332riel_s
shields11538042shields
silds65520522si_lds
velds95615582_velds
welds94719162_welds
wield95213912wield_
wieldy13476182wieldy
wilds94818202wi_lds
yield9519692yield_

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 Limit82551512.18637763.5
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.54570212.6
 
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