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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 “wattlebird” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
wattlebird165131(None) 
wattlebirds1751181wattlebirds
waterbird1554503wa_terbird
wattled113610503wattle___d
battled104213124battle___d
battlefield1751044battlefield
battler94113384battle__r_
battlers104110974battle__rs
catbird1235244ca_t__bird
fatbird1344034fa_t__bird
jailbird1842704ja_il_bird
railbird1143444ra_il_bird
rattlebox1851544rattleb_ox
rattled84012954rattle___d
rattler74012744rattle__r_
rattlers83510294rattle__rs
riflebird1551534_riflebird
tattled84311484tattle___d
tattler73112214tattle__r_
tattlers8369694tattle__rs
twattled1273464twattle___d
waterbirds1644054wa_terbirds
watter93221984watt_e__r_
wattle94314214wattle____
wattles103814074wattle___s
wattless11268724wattle__ss
wattling12258784wattl__ing
wattmeter1443724wattmeter_
wattmeters1543604wattmeters
whirlybird226894whirlybird

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911614500.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit161450309.39017193.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.84218156.0
 
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