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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 “hornbill” 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.

39 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
hornbill138417(None) 
hornbills1493861hornbills
cornball1247052cornball
hornily1338282horn_ily
boatbill1244463boatbill
cockbill1844943cockbill
cornballs1346313cornballs
cornily12410853corn_ily
downhill1543613downhill
forkball1744823forkball
handbill14115163handbill
hardball14116303hardball
harebell1344353harebell
hawkbill2042223hawkbill
hernial10310433hern_ial
hobnail1243973hobnai_l
hobnails1343303hobnails
hornbeam1543593hornbeam
hornbook1744653hornbook
hornfels1443783hornfels
hornier103012463horn_ier
horning113015003horn_ing
hornist102314823horn_ist
hornito1047073horn_ito
hornlike1536503hornlike
hornpipe1542763hornpipe
horntail11105033horntail
horntails12124823horntails
horrible13135233horrible
horribly16114313horribly
horsily1338843hor_sily
ivorybill1741103ivorybill
morbilli1244963mor_billi
prebill1138803_prebill
rebill84713253__rebill
shoebill1344213sho_ebill
spoonbill13112473spoonbill
thornily1444163thorn_ily
tornillo854623torn_illo

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162397.37319824.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.81222873.9
 
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