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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 “bellbird” 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.

37 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
bellbird134382(None) 
bellbirds1443171bellbirds
bellied104314072bell_ied
ballyard1445893ballyard
begird1036823be__gird
belabor1136293belabor_
belabored1443833belabored
belabors1236403belabors
beladied1236663beladied
belfried1444203belfried
belied95022163be_l_ied
bellboy1445123bellb_oy
bellboys1544523bellboys
belled94626193bell__ed
bellies94023723bell_ies
belling103825073bell_ing
bellowed14158613bellowed
bellwort1348773bellwort
bellyband1752033bellyband
bellying14359073bellying
billboard1444713billboard
billiard1145873billiard
bluebird1343463bluebird
bollard103210503boll_ard
boobird1235233b_oobird
bullied104514813bull_ied
dollybird1651913dollybird
hellfire1464273hellfire
jailbird1842703jailbird
jellied15419223jell_ied
oilbird1043743_oilbird
railbird1143443railbird
redbird1155263re_dbird
reedbird1273263reedbird
seabird1055363se_abird
spellbind1442163spellbind
wellborn1343393wellborn

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 Filter1786911461620.623286823.4
2DLD Change Limit146162377.47019566.5
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691378.10622044.3
 
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