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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 “blimey” 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.

37 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
blimey1346845(None) 
blimy125212821blim_y
limey104721041_limey
bailey115015672bailey
blame95625492blame_
blamed116017952blamed
blamer104417142blamer
blames105121862blames
blimp115612942blim_p
blimps12588152blimps
blite76225352blite_
blites84721212blites
blooey115110792blooey
bluey104817052bl_uey
blume95619892blume_
blumed114313642blumed
blumes105917792blumes
clime95720892clime_
climes104720002climes
flimsy14345562flimsy
glime85620192glime_
glimed105312282glimed
glimes94717522glimes
limby125714072_limby
lime66244932_lime_
limed85426802_limed
limen75426032_limen
limes75636502_limes
limeys11429272_limeys
limy95727712_lim_y
liney87029632_liney
slime74925752slime_
slimed94915122slimed
slimes84722042slimes
slimly11408902slimly
slimsy11407722slimsy
slimy105417422slim_y

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.31335690.0
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691372.67366850.4
 
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