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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 “pillbox” 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.

51 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
pillbox184341(None) 
hellbox1944992hellbox
pillboxes2053352pillboxes
pillion92011712pillion
pillow113110572pill_ow
bellboy1445123bellboy
bilbo95513613bi_lbo_
bilboa10367843bi_lboa
bilbos105011203bi_lbos
billbug1242753billbug
billion92212173billion
billon83713833bill_on
billow114111223bill_ow
bollox1548743boll_ox
callboy1465833callboy
coalbox1844113coalbox
fillo84319783fill_o_
fillos94415083fill_os
firebox1944453firebox
hillo84721653hill_o_
hilloa94713033hill_oa
hillos94618893hill_os
hilltop1244783hilltop
icebox1753083_icebox
jillion14188933jillion
kickbox2142543kickbox
killjoy2142343killjoy
mailbox1853563mailbox
million91813143million
pallor8313683pall_or
pegbox1844013p_egbox
phlox1737333p_hl_ox
pill65339473pill___
pillage103412603pillage
pillar8314023pill_ar
pillars9313493pillars
pilled94222753pill_ed
pilling103722563pilling
pillions101610933pillions
pillory12247463pillory
pillows122610123pillows
pillowy15316423pillowy
pills74130973pill__s
pilot77435063pi_l_ot
pollex153711163poll_ex
postbox1885493postbox
saltbox1643743saltbox
tallboy1265143tallboy
toolbox1653633toolbox
willow12369693will_ow
zillion16188773zillion

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027517.12618808.2
3Display Results51510.0301700.0
 (SQL Overall)178691517.56223630.1
 
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