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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 “birdie” 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.

50 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
birdie9401378(None) 
birdied11329431birdied
birdies104016211birdies
birkie124110131birkie
burdie93615021burdie
baddie104114032baddie
barbie105018352barbie
barde85330772bard_e
bardic11312922bardic
barmie103816392barmie
biddies113514492biddies
bide76041502bi_d_e
bidi78226592bi_di_
bidis86721142bi_dis
biggie103810932biggie
bikie113915882bi_kie
billie85019172billie
bindi85617012bindi_
bindis94614582bindis
bindle94516262bindle
bird76128322bird__
birded104414302birded
birder94915492birder
birding114014922birding
birdlife1443482birdlife
birdlike1535232birdlike
birdlime1343562birdlime
birdmen1235832birdmen
birds85421332bird_s
bireme10310142bireme
birkies133712432birkies
birle75023632bir_le
birse74517402bir_se
boride9415902boride
bride86425532brid_e
bridge103711882bridge
bridle94115462bridle
brie65837902b_r_ie
burdies104117562burdies
burnie83715412burnie
byrnie11348572byrnie
didie74120562di_die
girdle82110462girdle
girlie73711462girlie
indie63721472_indie
kiddie12359392kiddie
pardie96021442pardie
perdie94718512perdie
weirdie11224062weirdie
widdie113410732widdie

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551503.04627101.4
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.43851975.3
 
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