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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 “hills” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
hills8543135(None) 
bills75632861bills
chills114717701chills
dills65530971dills
fills84632371fills
gills64728191gills
halls85633781halls
hells85032041hells
hill76439491hill_
hillo84721651hillo
hillos94618881hillos
hilly114422161hilly
hilts86924411hilts
hilus84817641hilus
hulls84923561hulls
ills47030421_ills
jills125122821jills
kills94526171kills
mills75435051mills
nills54926671nills
pills74130971pills
rills55032711rills
shills94519601shills
sills55135981sills
thills95515381thills
tills54631701tills
vills86429321vills
wills84528961wills
yills83921551yills
zills144020781zills

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit28756300.57649923.6
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691300.702254545.6
 
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