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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 “libellous” 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.

27 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
libellous114363(None) 
libelous1047191libe_lous
libellees11274982libellees
libellers11236032libellers
bellows124313303__bellows
bibelots1295133bibe_lots
bibulous1244633bib_ulous
bullous9311663__bullous
kabeljous2251663kabeljous
labellers11206553labellers
labelloid1243673labelloid
labellum1274273labell_um
libelants1145303libelants
libelees10227213libe_lees
libelers10238623libe_lers
libelists1146953libelists
libellant1145693libellant
libellants1243593libellants
libelled11317213libell_ed
libellee10227733libell_ee
libeller10297433libell_er
libelling1236873libelling
libels85112693libe_l__s
niellos736143ni_ello_s
rebellious1252303rebellious
villous102810023vi__llous
vitellus1144143vitell_us

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641276.42323142.0
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691276.87226002.8
 
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