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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 “building” 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.

38 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
building123750(None) 
abuilding1343561abuilding
buildings1334251buildings
bailing103723522bail_ing
balding114015062b_alding
bidding123613512b_idding
biding104720792b_i_ding
bielding12237472bielding
bilging114212682b_ilging
bilking144413552b_ilking
billing103823852b_illing
binding113819382b_inding
birding114014922b_irding
blinding123210162blinding
boiling103819672boil_ing
bridling122610582bridling
budding123712402bu_dding
bugling113615342bugl_ing
bulging113514212bu_lging
bulking143815122bu_lking
bulling104324792bu_lling
bullring11388422bullring
bullying14329292bullying
bundling12219702bundling
burling104421132burl_ing
butling103516812butl_ing
childing15288502childing
gilding103813002_gilding
guiding102911842gui_ding
guiling93214212guil_ing
hilding123713532_hilding
milding113615452_milding
quilling182510002quilling
quilting18218712quilting
rebuilding1443632rebuilding
unbuilding1443672unbuilding
upbuilding1642072upbuilding
wilding123814292_wilding

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059383.17338152.9
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.57949927.6
 
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