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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 “harebell” 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.

37 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
harebell134435(None) 
harebells1444191harebells
barbell11429962bar_bell
farewell1443312farewell
handbell14114522handbell
hardball14116302hardball
barbel104317073bar_be_l
barbells12368823bar_bells
barbels114514433bar_bels
baseball1245623baseball
bluebell1243533bluebell
carrell94610473car_rell
cerebella1342903cerebella
farewells1543073farewells
fireball13127263fireball
foretell1146123foretell
hairball1344633hairball
handball1487033handball
handbells1594363handbells
handbill14115163handbill
hardballs15115543hardballs
hareem114312063hare_e_m
hareems12428203hare_ems
haverel13397153havere_l
haverels14325753haverels
hawkbill2042223hawkbill
hornbill1384173hornbill
prebill1138803_prebill
presell939303_presell
pretell938243_pretell
rakehell1542333rakehell
rebel73421293__rebe_l
rebels84518133__rebels
rebill84713253__rebill
refell94214443__refell
resell64215203__resell
retell63813643__retell

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162377.17320376.7
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.60923484.2
 
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