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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 “drill” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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102 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
drill6471826(None) 
brill74819951brill
dill55239971d_ill
drills74414201drills
drily95816521drily
droll65415401droll
frill84917561frill
grill64617891grill
krill94213641krill
prill74117941prill
rill45140901_rill
trill55122931trill
ariel55228972ariel
aril45843022ari_l
arils58732202arils
bill67239942_bill
brillo84211002brillo
brills84916292brills
chill105619872chill
daily95922332daily
deil56231622dei_l
deils65722862deils
dell56938202d_ell
dial55935062d_ial
diel59034602d_iel
dills65530972d_ills
dilly94923782d_illy
diol57329132d_iol
dirl57430022d_irl
dirls64720502dirls
doily95321032doily
doll56632492d_oll
drail65020972drail
drails74716952drails
drawl95516012drawl
dreidl835232dreidl
drib76823262dri_b
dribs85115062dribs
dried75321382dried
drier64423962drier
dries64733672dries
drift95722842drift
drilled94711672drilled
driller84311882driller
drink106816382drink
drip76223952dri_p
drips85417232drips
dript86923872dript
drive95318002drive
drivel105110382drivel
drolls75312392drolls
drolly105411672drolly
drool65416102drool
dryly12538452dryly
dull56430442d_ull
dwell9519852dwell
fill75540192_fill
frills94414222frills
frilly124111442frilly
gill56336182_gill
grille74315742grille
grills74314802grills
hill76439492_hill
ill37437092__ill
jill116430262_jill
kill85533182_kill
krills104211282krills
maill74420792maill
mill66541482_mill
nill45634302_nill
oriel54920422oriel
pill65339462_pill
prills84015612prills
quill148413772quill
redrill857892redrill
rial45938092_rial
riel46432382_riel
rile45650532_rile
rille55728732_rille
rills55032712_rills
roll46331652_roll
shill85325332shill
shrill94712302shrill
sill45545152_sill
skill94316722skill
spill74821162spill
still54922082still
swill83417372swill
thill85918732thill
thrill94910592thrill
till45941202_till
trial54926352trial
trills64319852trills
triol55521362triol
troll54416532troll
trull54012672trull
twill85612722twill
urial54823022urial
vill75235072_vill
will75737512_will
yill75628972_yill
zill135727612_zill

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 Limit538001021.59333772.8
3Display Results1021020.0137846.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911021.91993116.7
 
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