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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 “bellow” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

58 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
bellow11421335(None) 
bellows124313301bellows
below104617191be_low
billow114111221billow
fellow123712741fellow
mellow114112221mellow
yellow12429881yellow
allow85420662_allow
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
barlow112911422barlow
beclog1136862beclog
beclown1435422beclown
bell66237182bell__
bellboy1445122bellboy
belle75827832bell_e
belled94626182belled
belles85325992belles
bellhop1445052bellhop
bellowed14158602bellowed
bellower13159062bellower
bells76432162bell_s
belly104625492bell_y
belon73924112be_lon
belows114614182be_lows
besnow1145712besnow
bestow1149462bestow
billon83713832billon
billows123611292billows
billowy15366902billowy
blow95827192b__low
bollox1548742bollox
callow114714662callow
cello74919582cello_
cellos84517802cellos
elbow10117702_elbow
fallow124713852fallow
felloe93513922felloe
fellows134212432fellows
follow124010352follow
hallow124818322hallow
hello86522982hello_
hellos95321682hellos
hollow124212662hollow
jello126716272jello_
jellos134714282jellos
mallow114014742mallow
mellows123812232mellows
pillow113110572pillow
reflow12379652reflow
reglow10339402reglow
replow114210342replow
sallow94315752sallow
tallow93714202tallow
wallow123913512wallow
willow12369692willow
yellows13329602yellows
yellowy16255692yellowy

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551582.47033421.5
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691582.60968490.2
 
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