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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 “bouvier” 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.

28 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
bouvier127743(None) 
bouviers1375001bouviers
blousier1055662blousier
boggier113711582boggier
bonier84321992bo_nier
bonnier94711312bonnier
boomier113312182boomier
boozier18349012boozier
boskier13309172boskier
bossier93712422bossier
bougie93613272bougie_
bougies103715182bougies
boulder103411342boulder
bouncer113811332bouncer
bouncier1236032bouncier
bounder104215532bounder
boxier154311742bo_xier
brevier1237762brevier
burier84324652b_urier
busier85219722b_usier
courier93617892courier
goutier82612352goutier
lousier72411622lousier
louver94110392louv_er
mousier93712462mousier
poutier93215322poutier
roupier9319492roupier
soupier93111752soupier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit107671283.51630623.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.96845033.0
 
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