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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 “railbirds” 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.

36 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
railbirds124321(None) 
jailbirds1942611jailbirds
railbird1143441railbird_
rainbirds1242861rainbirds
jailbird1842702jailbird_
oilbirds1143182_oilbirds
rainbird1143142rainbird_
bellbirds1443173bellbirds
catbirds1344203ca_tbirds
fatbirds1443413fa_tbirds
friarbirds1651213friarbirds
halberds1435183ha_lberds
hangbirds1642933hangbirds
jaybirds2142823ja_ybirds
kailyards1743203kailyards
ladybirds1642103ladybirds
maybirds1643323ma_ybirds
oilbird1043743_oilbird_
paillards1244983paillards
railbus934413railb__us
railbuses1143623railbuses
railcars1045313railcar_s
railers74420663rail_er_s
railheads1343973railheads
railings93412153rail_ings
railroads1043523railroads
rainbands1244193rainbands
redbirds1283873r_edbirds
reedbirds1362483reedbirds
ricebirds1442513ricebirds
riflebirds1651333riflebirds
sailboards1345483sailboards
tailboards1345083tailboards
tailorbirds14151113tailorbirds
tailwinds1342353tailwinds
yardbirds1642163yardbirds

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641366.53322752.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691366.96625651.9
 
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