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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 “billies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

100 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
billies9392350(None) 
ballies93725741ballies
bellies94023721bellies
bialies93618411bialies
bilbies114712341bilbies
billie85019171billie_
bullies94121891bullies
dillies84122161dillies
fillies103420251fillies
gillies84120961gillies
killies113318111killies
sillies73425081sillies
willies103920151willies
allies63827672_allies
bailies94120202bailies
baldies105317702baldies
belies84631052b_elies
belles85325992bell_es
bellied104314072bellied
bialis83617162biali_s
bibles104617642bibl_es
biddies113514492biddies
biffies152710852biffies
biggies113813522biggies
bikies124515162bi_kies
bilboes114410242bilboes
biles75542142bi_l_es
bilges94915632bi_lges
bilgier10358532bilgier
bilgiest11309882bilgiest
billed94224902bill_ed
biller84923482bill_er
billers94720832billers
billet86029722bill_et
billets94516152billets
billing103823852billing
billings113412632billings
billion92212172billion
billions102211792billions
billons93013362billons
billows123611292billows
bills75632862bill__s
birdies104016212birdies
birkies133712432birkies
birles84920642birl_es
bollixes1747202bollixes
brollies1039532brollies
bullied104514812bullied
bullier94116432bullier
bulliest104314502bulliest
chillies134113482chillies
collies94326582collies
cullies94419962cullies
dallies84023192dallies
dellies83622212dellies
dollies83620982dollies
fellies104119742fellies
filles94224522fill_es
fillips12298132fillips
follies103618942follies
gallies84122712gallies
ghillies12408662ghillies
gillie74816942gillie_
gillied95512312gillied
girlies83013702girlies
gullies84717312gullies
hillier103413962hillier
hilliest113914112hilliest
hilloes103815962hilloes
hollies103420812hollies
illites72415012_illites
jellies143816532jellies
jollies143516272jollies
kellies113516852kellies
killie104114892killie_
kilties113014142kilties
lilies63021412li_lies
lollies73116922lollies
milles84526562mill_es
millier93716702millier
milliers102611902milliers
millimes122411372millimes
millines102718062millines
mislies92922282mislies
mollies93420232mollies
nellies73418722nellies
rallies73823342rallies
rilles64725502rill_es
sallies73227812sallies
silkies113715692silkies
sillier74017592sillier
silliest84017102silliest
sullies74122232sullies
tallies73624602tallies
tellies73820502tellies
tillites8312832tillites
wallies103320742wallies
wellies103719072wellies
willie94116452willie_
willied114611562willied

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711003.23333303.7
3Display Results1001000.0462173.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911003.65548889.5
 
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