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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 “billbug” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

62 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
billbug124275(None) 
billbugs1342701billbugs
billing103823852billing
balling104424763balling
bedbug12193973b_edbug
bellboy1445123bellboy
belling103825073belling
bilbo95513613bi_lb_o
bilboa10367843bi_lboa
bilbos105011203bi_lbos
bilby124912353bi_lb_y
bilging114212683bilging
bilious9310933bilious
bilking144413553bilking
bill67239943bill___
billable12179503billable
billabong1441963billabong
billed94224903bill_ed
biller84923483bill_er
billers94720833billers
billet86029723bill_et
billets94516153billets
billie85019173bill_ie
billies93923503billies
billings113412633billings
billion92212173billion
billon83713833bill_on
billons93013363billons
billow114111223bill_ow
billows123611293billows
billowy15366903billowy
bills75632863bill__s
billy105525363bill__y
bilobed1235913bilobed
biltong1034683biltong
birling104317053birling
bolling103820883bolling
bulbul10348073b_ulbul
bullbat1158553bullbat
bulldog1174253bulldog
bulling104324793bulling
bullous9311663bullous
filibeg1353383filibeg
filling113520803filling
firebug1383793firebug
gilling93520383gilling
goldbug1242103goldbug
hilling113821773hilling
killing123118723killing
milling103223683milling
millrun944183millrun
nilling83619563nilling
pillbox1843413pillbox
pilling103722563pilling
rilling84023623rilling
sillabub12103013sillabub
sillibub1292673sillibub
tilling83522783tilling
villous102810023villous
villus93611223vill_us
willful1344533willful
willing113821613willing

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit134027627.06318975.9
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691627.23524698.1
 
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