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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 “billowinh” 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.

34 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
billowing1545871billowing
bellowing1547192bellowing
billowier1444292billowier
pillowing1545492pillowing
willowing1645322willowing
allowing12369093_allowing
balloting1238393balloting
billeting1236643billeting
billfish1645033bill_fish
billing103823853bill__ing
billon83713833billo__n_
billons93013363billo__ns
billow114111223billow___
billowed14137063billow_ed
billowiest1543633billowiest
billows123611293billow__s
billowy15366903billow__y
blowing133813053b__lowing
bolloxing1944773bolloxing
fallowing1666433fallowing
fellowing1655923fellowing
following1665753following
hallowing1676943hallowing
hilloaing1375433hilloaing
hilloing12158303hillo_ing
hollowing1675933hollowing
mellowing1545893mellowing
sallowing1357383sallowing
sallowish1544943sallowish
tallowing1366293tallowing
wallowing1666073wallowing
willowier1563783willowier
yellowing1655073yellowing
yellowish1843323yellowish

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641346.45023045.1
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.87226002.8
 
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