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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 “bailiff” 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.

75 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
bailiff154607(None) 
bailiffs1642561bailiffs
bailie83818362baili_e
bailies94120202bailies
bailing103723522bailing
boiloff1543782boiloff
caitiff1547132caitiff
ability12311443ability
ailing74331013_ailing
airlift1048583_airlift
alif76242143_a_li_f
alifs86121263_a_lifs
baalim1038473baali_m
baalism11310593baalism
baff124632273ba___ff
baglike14338943baglike
bail65042803bail___
bailed94726653bail_ed
bailee84526013bail_ee
bailees93914383bailees
bailer85425253bail_er
bailers94221353bailers
bailey115015673bail_ey
baileys12388933baileys
bailor83412603bail_or
bailors93212413bailors
bailout9414133bailout
bails75933523bail__s
baiting103918883baiting
baling94829693ba_ling
ballies93725743ballies
balling104424763balling
basify1437513ba_sify
basilic1137493basili_c
basilica1244353basilica
basilisk1444053basilisk
batlike133311883batlike
bawling133813863bawling
belief115018603b_elief
biali73419073biali__
bialies93618413bialies
bialis83617163biali_s
biff125026893b___iff
blaff135216483b__laff
bluff134413833b__luff
boatlift1344683boatlift
boiling103819673boiling
boiloffs1641983boiloffs
brailing113514793brailing
caitiffs1642883caitiffs
calif104929103ca_li_f
califs114915893ca_lifs
cliff135917133__cliff
dailies84219263dailies
failing113521333failing
falloff1245953falloff
gliff124915663__gliff
hailing113820693hailing
jailing153415843jailing
kalif125021363ka_li_f
kalifs134410983ka_lifs
mailing102923343mailing
mastiff1538163mastiff
nailing83419963nailing
pilaff143910363_pilaff
railing83325643railing
sailing83927373sailing
salify12311373sa_lify
spliff1438603_spliff
tailfin1035693tailfin
tailing82923103tailing
tariff12711363ta_riff
vailing113817943vailing
vilify1536773_vilify
wailing113620903wailing

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 Limit134027757.09318895.7
3Display Results75750.0164687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691757.51523777.9
 
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