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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbillow” 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
billow11411122(None) 
bellow114213351bellow
billon83713831billon
billows123611291billows
billowy15366901billowy
pillow113110571pillow
willow12369691willow
allow85420662_allow
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
barlow112911422barlow
bellows124313302bellows
below104617192b_elow
bilbo95513612bilbo_
bilboa10367842bilboa
bilbos105011202bilbos
bill67239942bill__
billed94224902billed
biller84923482biller
billet86029722billet
billie85019172billie
billion92212172billion
billons93013362billons
billowed14137062billowed
bills75632862bill_s
billy105525362bill_y
blow95827192b__low
bollox1548742bollox
brillo84211002brillo_
brillos9369182brillos
callow114714662callow
fallow124713852fallow
fellow123712742fellow
fillo84319782fillo_
fillos94415082fillos
follow124010352follow
hallow124818322hallow
hillo84721652hillo_
hilloa94713032hilloa
hillos94618892hillos
hollow124212662hollow
mallow114014742mallow
mellow114112222mellow
pillows122610122pillows
pillowy15316422pillowy
sallow94315752sallow
tallow93714202tallow
wallow123913512wallow
willows13299752willows
willowy16276352willowy
yellow12429882yellow

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551512.29635954.3
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691512.65567303.6