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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 “billowiest” 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.

26 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
billowiest154363(None) 
willowiest1643231willowiest
billowier1444292billowie_r
blowiest1337922b__lowiest
ballsiest1145413ball_siest
bilgiest11309883bi_l_giest
billies93923503bill__ies_
billowed14137063billow_e_d
billowing1545873billowi_ng
billows123611293billow__s_
biologies12311183biologies_
biologist12412343biologi_st
bloodiest1236663b_loodiest
bloomiest1335853b_loomiest
blowsiest1435323b__lowsiest
blowziest2343673b__lowziest
bulliest104314503bull__iest
callowest1445823callow_est
hilliest113914113hill__iest
hollowest1544903hollow_est
mellowest1445123mellow_est
pillories1189573pillories_
sallowest1246563sallow_est
silliest84017103sill__iest
willowier1563783willowie_r
yellowest1554013yellow_est

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603266.04623255.5
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.49827499.4
 
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