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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 “bylaw” 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.

35 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
bylaw1340860(None) 
blaw97026721b_law
byelaw1444251byelaw
bylaws14415831bylaws
balas76937212balas
belay105021522belay
below104617192below
blab86629132b_lab
blae66134642b_lae
blah98625062b_lah
blam86131702b_lam
blat66550952b_lat
blawn106813702b_lawn
blaws105620462b_laws
blew94722432b_lew
blow95827192b_low
bola66035562bola_
bolar75123472bolar
bolas74733762bolas
boyla102912362boyla_
boylas113011722boylas
braw94829562b_raw
byelaws1533262byelaws
byplay1634192byplay
byway1647532byway
claw95624342_claw
flaw106326642_flaw
hyla106716512hyla_
hylas114815902hylas
law68656642__law
mylar105311532mylar
pilaw103913742pilaw
slaw77930712_slaw
xylan1537462xylan
yaw97145152_y_aw

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800351.35639675.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691351.685106048.1
 
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