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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 “billbugs” 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.

37 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
billbugs134270(None) 
billbug1242751billbug_
billings113412632billings
bedbugs13193503b_edbugs
bellboys1544523bellboys
bellings113811153bellings
bilbies114712343bi_lbies
bilboas11438733bi_lboas
bilboes114410243bi_lboes
bilbos105011203bi_lb_os
bilious9310933biliou_s
billabongs1551533billabongs
billers94720833bill_ers
billets94516153bill_ets
billies93923503bill_ies
billing103823853billing_
billions102211793billions
billons93013363bill_ons
billows123611293bill_ows
bills75632863bill___s
biltongs1133813biltongs
birlings11359613birlings
bulbuls11346783b_ulbuls
bullbats1255893bullbats
bulldogs1274243bulldogs
bullous9311663bullou_s
filibegs1442223filibegs
fillings122910503fillings
firebugs14113823firebugs
goldbugs1342103goldbugs
killings133710483killings
millings113712583millings
millruns1043643millruns
sillabubs1392103sillabubs
sillibubs13101813sillibubs
villous102810023villou_s
villus93611223vill_u_s

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162377.04620744.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.48223882.8
 
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