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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 “bylaws” 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.

30 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
bylaws1441583(None) 
blaws105620461b_laws
byelaws1533261byelaws
bylaw13408601bylaw_
balas76937212bala_s
belays114313852belays
belows114614182belows
blabs95619632b_labs
blahs105616512b_lahs
blams95023852b_lams
blats75132502b_lats
blaw97026722b_law_
blawn106813702b_lawn
blows105423832b_lows
bolas74733762bola_s
boylas113011722boyla_s
braws106425192b_raws
byelaw1444252byelaw_
bypass1345042bypass
byplays1743102byplays
byways1734672byways
claws106020832_claws
flaws115920342_flaws
hylas114815902hyla_s
laws76441682__laws
mylars114310442mylars
pilaws11399432pilaws
slaws85222712_slaws
xylans1635882xylans
yaws105531212_y_aws

Search took 9 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 Filter178691825510.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit82551308.09310200.3
3Display Results30300.0301000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691308.38921300.6
 
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