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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 “killjoy” 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.

51 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
killjoy214234(None) 
killjoys2242031killjoys
alloy85519973_all_oy
bellboy1445123bellboy
billion92212173billion
billon83713833bill_on
billow114111223bill_ow
billowy15366903billowy
billy105525363bill__y
callboy1465833callboy
dilly94923783dill__y
fillo84319783fill_o_
fillos94415083fill_os
filly114424903fill__y
gilly94321633gill__y
hillo84721653hill_o_
hilloa94713033hill_oa
hillos94618893hill_os
hilltop1244783hilltop
hilly114422163hill__y
illy76925333_ill__y
jillion14188933jillion
kelly124617023kell__y
kill85533183kill___
killdee1266223killdee
killed113918773kill_ed
killer104917953kill_er
killers114215583killers
killick1295313killick
killie104114893kill_ie
killies113318113killies
killing123118723killing
killock1255253killock
kills94526173kill__s
kilo86028673ki_l_o_
kilos95021473ki_l_os
kiloton1196313kiloton
kilty125213893ki_l_ty
million91813143million
pillbox1843413pillbox
pillion92011703pillion
pillory12247453pillory
pillow113110573pill_ow
pillowy15316423pillowy
sillily10209783sillily
silly84527623sill__y
tallboy1265143tallboy
willow12369693will_ow
willowy16276353willowy
willy115321913will__y
zillion16188773zillion

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027516.34321129.9
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691516.77926359.5
 
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