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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 “boatbills” 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.

27 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
boatbills134417(None) 
boatbill1244461boatbill_
broadbills1552912broadbills
barbells12368823b_arbells
batgirls1142403b_atgirls
beanballs1363693beanballs
bluebills1343093bluebills
boatels93510233boat__els
boatfuls1344823boat_fuls
boatings113710113boat_ings
boatlifts1442383boatlifts
bobtails1245193bobtai_ls
boxballs19144233bo_xballs
broadbill1443243broadbill_
cockbills1944233cockbills
footballs1445363footballs
foothills1544133foothills
hornbills1493863hornbills
meatballs1344093meatballs
outkills1245143_outkills
outwills1135653_outwills
playbills1642903playbills
roadkills1492543roadkills
sawbills1344763_sawbills
softballs1443773softballs
waxbills2042783_waxbills
waybills1643163_waybills

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641278.00018580.1
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.43921174.4
 
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