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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 “harebells” 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.

32 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
harebells144419(None) 
harebell1344351harebell_
barbells12368822bar_bells
farewells1543072farewells
handbells1594362handbells
hardballs15115542hardballs
barbell11429963bar_bell_
barbels114514433bar_be_ls
baseballs1344783baseballs
bluebells1343083bluebells
carrells10359273car_rells
cerebella1342903cerebella
farewell1443313farewell_
fireballs14126493fireballs
foretells1245633foretells
hairballs1443843hairballs
handballs15116183handballs
handbell14114523handbell_
handbills15114743handbills
hardball14116303hardball_
hareems12428203hare_e_ms
haverels14325753havere_ls
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
hornbills1493863hornbills
prebills1237293_prebills
presells1058283_presells
pretells1047333_pretells
rakehells1642103rakehells
rebels84518133__rebe_ls
rebills93510623__rebills
resells73313203__resells
retells73211523__retells

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641326.68622231.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.13825033.8
 
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