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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbillfolds” 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.

15 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
billfolds154277(None) 
billfold1443151billfold_
bifold1237223bi__fold_
billboards1544063billboards
billheads1564253billheads
billhooks1843233billhooks
billiards1245023billiards
billions102211793billio_ns
billons93013363bill_o_ns
billows123611293bill_o_ws
blindfolds1751323blindfolds
infolds11137023_i_nfolds
millponds1443503millponds
nailfolds1341843nailfolds
pinfolds1445143pi_nfolds

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641156.06324516.1
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691156.49927495.2