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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 “byrls” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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88 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
byrls10571123(None) 
birls74023161birls
burls74228851burls
byres104421381byres
byrl95716011byrl_
aryls87015812aryls
baals76122702baals
bails75933522bails
balls76236412balls
bals66354042b_als
barbs95928192barbs
bards87139642bards
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128462barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092bar_s
bawls105719322bawls
bells76432162bells
bels66142492b_els
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
beryls11107882beryls
bills75632862bills
birds85421332birds
birks114920302birks
birl65830472birl_
birle75023632birle
birles84920642birles
biros75325132biros
birrs74917102birrs
boils75427192boils
bolls75531312bolls
borals86721912borals
boras75938302boras
bores76448252bores
borks115727702borks
borts76735452borts
bowls106121432bowls
bras65746452b_ras
bris65539612b_ris
bros65635662b_ros
buhls105111802buhls
bulls75629572bulls
buras74736302buras
burbs95423492burbs
burds84626062burds
burgs84924092burgs
burl64937182burl_
burly104922832burly
burns74926782burns
burps94220172burps
burrs74925652burrs
burs65847422bur_s
byes95230532by_es
byre95023852byr_e
byrled12437172byrled
bys85229462by__s
bytes105217492bytes
carls77037422carls
curls74927102curls
dirls64720502dirls
earls56127512earls
eyras84715922eyras
eyres84921772eyres
farls85731112farls
furls85322052furls
girls64518392girls
gyres94820322gyres
gyros95616482gyros
gyrus95310802gyrus
harls85634502harls
herls85226432herls
hurls86522712hurls
jarls126120962jarls
lyres85019962lyres
marls75535162marls
merls77423902merls
nurls55519682nurls
purls74723352purls
pyres105523882pyres
pyros105718292pyros
tirls54519802tirls
tyres84725232tyres
tyros85118592tyros
virls85618602virls

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800881.53035163.4
3Display Results88880.0165500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691881.85996122.1
 
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