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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 “villainy” 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.

54 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
villainy144487(None) 
villain1038471villain_
villains1138001villains
villein1036752villein_
villeins1136042villeins
billing103823853bill_ing
dicliny1337673dicl_iny
filling113520803fill_ing
gilling93520383gill_ing
gillying13306813gillying
hilling113821773hill_ing
hilloaing1375433hilloaing
hilloing12158303hilloing
hollaing12167093hollaing
killing123118723kill_ing
milliary1346853milliary
milline92519113mill_ine
milling103223683mill_ing
mislain9311243mislain_
nilling83619563nill_ing
pillaging1345553pillaging
pillaring1237643pillaring
pilling103722563pill_ing
rilling84023623rill_ing
sillily10209783sill_ily
tilling83522783till_ing
velleity1443743velleity
vialing113614163vial_ing
vialling1237223vialling
vilify1536773vi_l_ify
villa85321233villa___
villadom1442513villadom
villae95615383villa__e
village113610833villa_ge
villager12267513villager
villagery16273363villagery
villages123010603villages
villainess1343843villainess
villainies1344113villainies
villainous1352553villainous
villas96117263villa__s
villatic1346223villatic
villi86517853vill_i__
villosity1543443villosity
violably1644923violably
violating1337433violating
violin9311983viol_in_
violins10311453viol_ins
visaing11279333vi_saing
vitality1458113vitality
vitrain1038943vitrain_
vitrains1138283vitrains
willing113821613will_ing
willying15306713willying

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162546.76621602.4
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691547.21624763.2
 
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