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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 “bilby” 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.

67 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
bilby12491235(None) 
bilbo95513611bilbo
bilgy114713711bilgy
billy105525361billy
baby116723682b_aby
bailey115015672bailey
baldy115518932baldy
balky145418242balky
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
bialy105119322bialy
bib77045942bi_b_
bibb75819212bi_bb
bibbs84911582bibbs
bible95119422bible
bibs84830992bi_bs
biddy124612692biddy
biffy164711132biffy
biggy124413132biggy
bigly114814752bigly
bilboa10367842bilboa
bilbos105011202bilbos
bile66147182bil_e
biles75542142biles
bilge87618912bilge
bilk105824422bil_k
bilks115117892bilks
bill67239942bil_l
bills75632862bills
bimbo114811872bimbo
bitsy104511302bitsy
bitty106119172bitty
blimy125212822blimy
bobby114814662bobby
booby125319512booby
bubby115013932bubby
bulb85626692bulb_
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
busby126113292busby
colby124415062colby
dilly94923782dilly
filly114424902filly
filmy136114042filmy
gilly94321632gilly
hilly114422162hilly
illy76925332_illy
inby95315662_inby
kilty125213892kilty
lily76730182lil_y
limby125714072limby
milky144014442milky
milty104720072milty
oily77932252oil_y
pily96132732pil_y
ribby12419682ribby
riley84420582riley
silky125315822silky
silly84527622silly
silty84721632silty
trilby1144972trilby
willy115321912willy
wily106428812wil_y

Search took 4 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 Filter178691538000.626285448.9
2DLD Change Limit53800673.17316955.6
3Display Results67670.0461456.5
 (SQL Overall)178691673.84546473.6
 
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