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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 “billy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

165 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
billy10552536(None) 
bally105530101bally
belly104625491belly
bialy105119321bialy
bigly114814751bigly
bilby124912351bilby
bilgy114713711bilgy
bill67239941bill_
bills75632861bills
bully105124811bully
dilly94923781dilly
filly114424901filly
gilly94321631gilly
hilly114422161hilly
illy76925331_illy
silly84527621silly
willy115321911willy
ally76935642_ally
badly114918762badly
bailey115015672bailey
baldly12479832baldly
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
ball66043322ball_
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balmy125217472balmy
belay105021522belay
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
bells76432162bells
biali73419072biali
bialys11387912bialys
bible95119422bible
biddy124612692biddy
bield84614652bield
biffy164711132biffy
biggy124413132biggy
bilbo95513612bilbo
bile66147182bi_le
biles75542142biles
bilge87618912bilge
bilk105824422bi_lk
bilks115117892bilks
billed94224902billed
biller84923482biller
billet86029722billet
billie85019172billie
billon83713832billon
billow114111222billow
billowy15366902billowy
birl65830472birl_
birle75023632birle
birls74023162birls
bitsy104511302bitsy
bitty106119172bitty
blimy125212822blimy
boldly12399422boldly
boll65634752boll_
bolls75531312bolls
brill74819952brill_
brillo84211002brillo
brills84916292brills
brolly114510852brolly
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bull65634872bull_
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
burly104922832burly
chilly144113222chilly
colly104926772colly
cully105520462cully
dally95324742dally
delly96023872delly
dill55239972dill_
dills65530972dills
dimly114913482dimly
dolly96125202dolly
dully94921632dully
evilly1236592evilly
felly114922802felly
fill75540192fill_
fille84327402fille
fillo84319782fillo
fills84632372fills
filmy136114042filmy
fitly115114972fitly
folly115022602folly
frilly124111442frilly
fully114820862fully
gally95026172gally
gill56336182gill_
gills64728192gills
girly94415292girly
golly95121102golly
gully94020682gully
hill76439492hill_
hillo84721652hillo
hills85431352hills
hiply134113612hiply
holly114824432holly
idly85617322_idly
ill37437092_ill_
ills47030422_ills
inly75622212_inly
jelly154218252jelly
jill116430262jill_
jills125122822jills
jolly154517512jolly
kelly124617022kelly
kill85533172kill_
kills94526172kills
kilty125213892kilty
lily76730182li_ly
lolly85120662lolly
mildly12318242mildly
milky144014442milky
mill66541482mill_
mille75029132mille
mills75435052mills
milty104720072milty
molly105222492molly
nelly84618812nelly
nill45634302nill_
nills54926672nills
oilily93111722oilily
oily77932252oi_ly
pally105727122pally
pill65339462pill_
pills74130972pills
pily96132732pi_ly
rally84725902rally
riley84420582riley
rill45140902rill_
rille55728732rille
rills55032712rills
sally85129712sally
silky125315822silky
sill45545152sill_
sills55135992sills
silty84721632silty
slily85820032slily
stilly93714092stilly
sully84622902sully
tally84526862tally
telly84920822telly
till45941202till_
tills54631712tills
vilely1239442vilely
vill75235072vill_
villa85321232villa
villi86517852villi
vills86429322vills
wally114625092wally
welly114620012welly
wildly13328122wildly
wilily123310762wilily
will75737512will_
wills84528962wills
wily106428812wi_ly
yill75628972yill_
yills83921552yills
zill135727612zill_
zills144020782zills

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001651.81329674.6
3Display Results1651650.0632619.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911652.18981631.3
 
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