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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 “hawkbill” 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.

30 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
hawkbill204222(None) 
hawkbills2142021hawkbills
hawksbill2151181hawksbill
handbill14115162handbill
hawksbills2251082hawksbills
sawbill1255292saw_bill
backfill1965063backfill
cockbill1844943cockbill
duckbill1742943duckbill
gawkily1834093gawk_ily
habile11515213ha__bile
hairball1344633hairball
handball1487033handball
handbell14114523handbell
handbills15114743handbills
hardball14116303hardball
harebell1344353harebell
hawkie163810093hawk_i_e
hawkies173311243hawk_ies
hawking183711423hawk_ing
hawkish2036553hawk_ish
hawklike1734493hawklike
hornbill1384173hornbill
lambkill1642323lambkill
pawkily1934203pawk_ily
sawbills1344763saw_bills
sawmill1244073saw_mill
twibill1242743_twibill
waxbill1943133wa_xbill
waybill1543723wa_ybill

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162307.25020160.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.68623248.9
 
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