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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 “showbiz” 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.

42 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
showbiz245322(None) 
showbizzy285782showbizzy
dhobi1136973dho_bi_
dhobis1236113dho_bis
hobbit132810543_hobbit
howbeit1545663_howbeit
howdie13349733_howdie
phobia13278603pho_bia
phobic153010073pho_bic
rhombi13365203rhombi_
rhombic16264533rhombic
shoebill1344213shoebill
shoebox1943623shoebox
shogi95014013sho_gi_
shogis103810943sho_gis
shoji15419963sho_ji_
shojis16348493sho_jis
shopboy1743803shopboy
shortia1048193shortia
shortie10411343shortie
show106229193show___
showable1636583showable
showbizzes268973showbizzes
showboat1645393showboat
showed135016973show_ed
shower124315113show_er
showers134612683showers
showery16437243showery
showgirl1542083showgirl
showier1339103showier
showily1636223showily
showing143814663showing
showman15257293showman
showmen15227173showmen
shown115216483show__n
showoff1943893showoff
showring1548323showring
shows115324583show__s
showtime1643773showtime
showy145714013show__y
snowbird1443373snowbird
sorbic10310393s_orbic

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911340270.486367677.0
2DLD Change Limit134027427.61017612.0
3Display Results42420.0133230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691428.10922036.1
 
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