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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 “rainbird” 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.

33 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
rainbird114314(None) 
railbird1143441railbird
rainbirds1242861rainbirds
jailbird1842702jailbird
railbirds1243212railbirds
rainband1144662rainband
catbird1235243ca_tbird
fatbird1344033fa_tbird
friarbird1551343friarbird
hangbird1543223hangbird
jailbirds1942613jailbirds
jaybird2043123ja_ybird
kingbird1663033_kingbird
ladybird1542153ladybird
maybird1543993ma_ybird
oilbird1043743_oilbird
ovenbird1442613ovenbird
rabid84520783ra__bi_d
rainbands1244193rainbands
rainbow1243353rainb_ow
rainbows1343243rainbows
rained75024603rain__ed
rainier71614263rain_ier
rainily10310433rain_ily
raining83922693rain_ing
rancid9513863ra_nci_d
ranid66429333ra_n_i_d
redbird1155263r_edbird
reedbird1273263reedbird
ricebird1343003ricebird
sunbird1044743_sunbird
trainband1243123trainband
yardbird1542323yardbird

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162337.37319824.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.79522923.8
 
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