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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 “billfish” 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
billfish164503(None) 
billfishes1844252billfishes
bullish12511192bull_ish
fallfish1744462fallfish
filefish1745592filefish
killifish1942672killifish
milkfish2043332milkfish
tilefish1445452tilefish
baitfish1645483baitfish
baldish1339503b_aldish
batfish1558683b_atfish
bialis83617163bial_is_
biblist11310833bibl_ist
biggish14247503bi_ggish
billers94720833billers_
billets94516153billets_
billfold1443153billfold
billie85019173bill_i_e
billies93923503bill_ies
billing103823853bill_ing
billion92212173bill_ion
billons93013363billons_
billows123611293billows_
bills75632863bill__s_
blemish1436603b_lemish
blimpish1743723blimpish
blindfish1842763blindfish
blowfish1944703blowfish
bluefish1645143bluefish
blueish1236483b_lueish
bluish1159243b__luish
boarfish1635753boarfish
bonefish1646283bonefish
boxfish2285543b_oxfish
bullfight1842933bullfight
bullfinch1952163bullfinch
bullrush1342793bullrush
coalfish1635493coalfish
dealfish1545503dealfish
dollish11610093doll_ish
dullish1148743dull_ish
elfish1267963__elfish
finfish16268193fi_nfish
foolfish1744393foolfish
girlish1137193girl_ish
goldfish1644203goldfish
hellish13310723hell_ish
jellyfish2551903jellyfish
kingfish1944493kingfish
lionfish1454093lionfish
pigfish16217173pi_gfish
pilotfish1742603pilotfish
pinfish15319303pi_nfish
pipefish1844533pipefish
sailfish1446053sailfish
selfish1388513_selfish
shellfish1843223shellfish
swellfish1842703swellfish
tallish103313583tall_ish
wildish1446853wi_ldish
wolffish2043333wolffish
wolfish1636933_wolfish

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162629.17315933.9
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691629.65618505.7
 
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