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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 “birkie” 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.

34 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
birkie12411013(None) 
bikie113915881bi_kie
birdie94013781birdie
birkies133712431birkies
barbie105018352barbie
barkier133814482barkier
barmie103816392barmie
biggie103810932biggie
bike106532602bi_k_e
bikies124515162bi_kies
billie85019172billie
birdied11329432birdied
birdies104016212birdies
bireme10310142bireme
birk106326862birk__
birks114920302birk_s
birle75023632bir_le
birse74517402bir_se
bookie123516002bookie
brie65837902b_r_ie
burdie93615022burdie
burke115122762burk_e
burkite1337002burkite
burnie83715412burnie
byrnie11348572byrnie
darkie113714012darkie
dickie133913112dickie
firkin1337822firkin
girlie73711462girlie
hickie153812472hickie
mirkier13319052mirkier
pinkie124414272pinkie
sickie123715742sickie
silkie103313402silkie

Search took 10 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 Filter178691825511.376129862.6
2DLD Change Limit82551347.76610629.8
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691349.14219546.2
 
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