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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 “bailor” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
bailor8341260(None) 
bailer85425251bailer
bailors93212411bailors
jailor13418571jailor
sailor63113751sailor
tailor63412501tailor
bail65042802bail__
bailed94726652bailed
bailee84526012bailee
bailers94221352bailers
bailey115015672bailey
bailie83818362bailie
bailout9414132bailout
bails75933522bail_s
baiter84422552baiter
baler75635272ba_ler
baller83825202baller
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
barlow112911422barlow
basilar937302basilar
bawler114315052bawler
boiler84319272boiler
hailer94720342hailer
jailer134316682jailer
jailors14328752jailors
mailer84724182mailer
nailer64119362nailer
pallor8313672pallor
parlor8312672parlor
railer64524932railer
sailer63526102sailer
sailors73213722sailors
tailer63823732tailer
tailors73212392tailors
valor83614892va_lor
wailer93720322wailer

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551372.56032246.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691372.93660862.1
 
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