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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 “cockbills” 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.

26 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
cockbills194423(None) 
cockbill1844941cockbill_
cockbilled2152312cockbilled
duckbills1842422duckbills
backfills20104653backfills
boatbills1344173boatbills
cockatiels1842913cockatiels
cockbilling2252493cockbilling
cockboats1945313cockboats
cockerels1784673cockerels
cockily1838493cock_i_ly
cockles153414643cock__les
cockpits1845743cockpi_ts
cocktails1744933cocktails
cocobolas1543693cocobolas
cocobolos1543173cocobolos
cornballs1346313cornballs
cowbells1544993co_wbells
crossbills1453173crossbills
duckbill1742943duckbill_
forkballs1844253forkballs
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
hornbills1493863hornbills
kickballs1643333kickballs
rockabilly2151493rockabilly
rockfalls1843183rockfalls

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641266.39023261.5
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.82626178.0
 
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