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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 “birdfeed” 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.

42 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
birdfeed154244(None) 
birdfeeds1641791birdfeeds
birdseed1243251birdseed
bindweed1543792bindweed
birded104414302bird__ed
birdied11329432bird_ied
birdseeds1342242birdseeds
airspeed1143603airspeed
barded105426423bard__ed
barfed125416383bar_f_ed
bided95424963bi_d__ed
biffed15449883bi__ffed
bigfeet1376153bi_gfeet
bindweeds1642863bindweeds
birched15349913bir_ched
birder94915493bird__er
birders103913263bird_ers
birdfarm1642873birdfarm
birdie94013783bird_ie_
birdies104016213bird_ies
birdlimed1542043birdlimed
birdmen1235833bird_men
birdseye1441643birdseye
birdseyes1541553birdseyes
birled94416993bir__led
birred94713203bir__red
birthed13228593bir_thed
bordered1248933bordered
breed85526693b_r__eed
bridged12339033brid_ged
bridled113611143brid_led
briefed1335743brief_ed
burdened1236423burdened
burseed1049503bur_seed
burweed1347823bur_weed
fireweed1545353fireweed
girded93712493gird__ed
girdled10217453gird_led
indeed83913563_ind_eed
misdeed113211053misd_eed
misfeed13389683mi_sfeed
refeed104717623__refeed

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162427.44019645.4
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691427.88922650.7
 
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