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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 “bailiffs” 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.

47 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
bailiffs164256(None) 
bailiff1546071bailiff_
bailies94120202baili_es
boiloffs1641982boiloffs
caitiffs1642882caitiffs
airlifts1143633_airlifts
alifs86121263_a_li_fs
baalisms1238033baalisms
baffs134718053ba___ffs
bailees93914383bail_ees
bailers94221353bail_ers
baileys12388933bail_eys
bailie83818363baili__e
bailiffship246623bailiffship
bailing103723523baili_ng
bailors93212413bail_ors
bailouts1036613bailouts
bails75933523bail___s
ballies93725743balli_es
basilicas1343733basilicas
basilisks1543103basilisks
beliefs12448583b_eliefs
bialies93618413biali_es
bialis83617163biali__s
biffs134814413b___iffs
bilious9310933b_ilious
blaffs14426623b__laffs
bluffs14388373b__luffs
boatlifts1442383boatlifts
boiloff1543783boiloff_
caitiff1547133caitiff_
califs114915893ca_li_fs
cliffs14477593__cliffs
dailies84219263daili_es
failings123811013failings
falloffs1343253falloffs
gliffs13436323__gliffs
kalifs134410983ka_li_fs
mailings113011923mailings
mastiffs1644233mastiffs
pilaffs15365153_pilaffs
railings93412153railings
sailings93513253sailings
spliffs1533563_spliffs
tailfins1135443tailfins
tailings93211673tailings
tariffs1334593ta_riffs

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162477.42319690.4
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691477.84522777.7
 
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