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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 “birl” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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228 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
birl6583048(None) 
bill67239951bill
bird76128331bird
birk106326871birk
birle75023631birle
birls74023161birls
biro66131221biro
birr66022371birr
burl64937181burl
byrl95716011byrl
dirl57430031dirl
girl56226561girl
tirl45029931tirl
virl76224481virl
ail37171052ai_l
air38058402air_
airn46433842airn
airs46447432airs
airt45757792airt
airy75734162airy
aril45843022aril
baal67033112baal
bail65042802bail
bairn77515532bairn
bal56662722b_al
ball66043322ball
bar58070552bar_
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barf95844412barf
bark106242152bark
barm86739612barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bawl95326062bawl
bel57148462b_el
bell66237182bell
berg75425542berg
berk105929842berk
berm86732752berm
beryl101211672beryl
bi48046482bi__
biali73419072biali
bialy105119322bialy
bias64738172bias
bib77045952bi_b
bibb75819222bibb
bible95119422bible
bibs84831002bibs
bice86235572bice
bid67751822bi_d
bide76041512bide
bidi78226602bidi
bids75838462bids
bield84614652bield
bier65531842bier
biers76225222biers
biff125026902biff
big67345732bi_g
bigly114814752bigly
bigs76235032bigs
bike106532612bike
bile66147192bile
bilk105824432bilk
bills75632862bills
billy105525362billy
bima86723842bima
bin56658652bi_n
binal75323822binal
bind76234522bind
bine66650872bine
bins66548262bins
bint67355052bint
bio57846092bi_o
biog76122332biog
bios66335332bios
birch124914022birch
birds85421342birds
birks114920302birks
birled94416992birled
birler85715082birler
birles84920642birles
biros75325132biros
birrs74917102birrs
birse74517402birse
birth105619872birth
bis56860672bi_s
bise66437112bise
bisk106523362bisk
bit57070912bi_t
bite66547012bite
bits66148172bits
bitt65545822bitt
biz147939372bi_z
bize155926302bize
boil66335182boil
boll65634752boll
bora66141632bora
boral75831702boral
bore66051332bore
bork106933822bork
born67338412born
bort65960962bort
bowl96827702bowl
bra56339462b_ra
brie65837902brie
brig76528032brig
brill74819952brill
brim85629372brim
brin67038192brin
brio65432492brio
bris65539612bris
brit66350152brit
bro56236602b_ro
brr56921922b_rr
brrr65312292brrr
buhl95518222buhl
bull65634872bull
bur55744692bur_
bura66139532bura
burb85334672burb
burd75534262burd
burg74930362burg
burls74228852burls
burly104922832burly
burn65636432burn
burp85028882burp
burr65631232burr
burs65847422burs
bury95633592bury
byre95023852byre
byrls105711232byrls
carl65144782carl
cire65836382cire
curl66035052curl
dial55935072dial
diel59034612diel
dill55239982dill
diol57329142diol
dire56644152dire
dirk96326842dirk
dirls64720502dirls
dirt55550392dirt
earl45838142earl
farl76338552farl
fil65447152fi_l
fill75540202fill
fir66744902fir_
fire76245602fire
firm96026462firm
firn76927512firn
firs76637722firs
furl77030882furl
gill56336192gill
gird65425002gird
girls64518392girls
girly94415292girly
girn56026872girn
giro55828642giro
girt56646432girt
harl75740002harl
herl75834552herl
hill76439502hill
hire75538972hire
hurl76029932hurl
ill37437102_ill
ire36943182_ire
irk76426372_irk
jarl115828132jarl
jill116430272jill
kill85533192kill
kir76535692kir_
kirk76221582kirk
kirn87123452kirn
kirs85831752kirs
lira46928692lira
lire47845302lire
liri45128262liri
marl66341622marl
mbira977972mbira
merl65830972merl
mil55752122mi_l
mill66541492mill
mir57046782mir_
mire66748242mire
miri66730382miri
mirk106729512mirk
mirs66940582mirs
miry96326762miry
nil36144202ni_l
nill45634312nill
nurl45327242nurl
oil37452062oi_l
pial65636712pial
pill65339472pill
pirn67128382pirn
purl65631422purl
rial45938102rial
riel46432392riel
rill45140912rill
sial45938842sial
sill45545162sill
sir35746682sir_
sire46150422sire
sirs44338342sirs
skirl96012922skirl
swirl84514142swirl
thirl85416822thirl
til36350272ti_l
till45941212till
tire46143362tire
tirls54519802tirls
tiro46832372tiro
twirl85011942twirl
vial76731102vial
vill75235082vill
viol76523602viol
viral86419592viral
virls85618602virls
whirl114913822whirl
will75737522will
wire75839822wire
wiry106422842wiry
yill75628982yill
yird87018992yird
yirr76513582yirr
zill135727622zill

Search took 9 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 Filter178691298721.420125838.7
2DLD Change Limit298722285.5935341.0
3Display Results2282280.500456.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912287.51323784.2
 
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