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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 “birdies” 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.

66 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
birdies10401621(None) 
biddies113514491biddies
birdie94013781birdie_
birdied11329431birdied
birkies133712431birkies
burdies104117561burdies
baddies114017872baddies
baldies105317702baldies
bandies104124862bandies
barbies114519592barbies
bardes95026932bard_es
bawdies134613392bawdies
beedies10314202beedies
berries94423552berries
bialies93618412bialies
bides85536772bi_d_es
bidis86721142bi_di_s
biffies152710852biffies
biggies113813522biggies
bikies124515162bi_kies
bilbies114712342bilbies
billies93923502billies
bindis94614582bindi_s
bindles104016452bindles
birches143412322birches
birded104414302bird_ed
birder94915492bird_er
birders103913262birders
birding114014922birding
birdings12378822birdings
birdlimes1443092birdlimes
birdmen1235832birdmen
birds85421332bird__s
biremes1138772biremes
birkie124110132birkie_
birles84920642bir_les
birses84717732bir_ses
bodies94524142b_odies
boodies103721442boodies
borides10515152borides
brides94423512brid_es
bridges113911332bridges
bridles104114472bridles
bries74942152b_r_ies
brinies93317912brinies
buddies113914352buddies
burdie93615022burdie_
buries84633272bur_ies
burnies94017822burnies
byrnies12378572byrnies
didies84621832di_dies
dirties83119382dirties
giddies103713362giddies
girdles92210002girdles
girlies83013702girlies
hardies114923232hardies
hurdies114015662hurdies
indies73822782_indies
irides74519122_irides
kiddies133412282kiddies
lindies8416582lindies
middies113116152middies
tardies84225862tardies
tidies74721832ti_dies
weirdies12255782weirdies
widdies123514032widdies

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671662.90637051.3
3Display Results66660.0135076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691663.29554231.0
 
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