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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 “lovebirds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

24 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
lovebirds154226(None) 
lovebird1442641lovebird_
lyrebirds1541992lyrebirds
ovenbirds1542022_ovenbirds
bluebirds1442963bluebirds
boobirds1344183bo_obirds
bowerbirds1851453bowerbirds
cowbirds1644043co_wbirds
firebirds1544023firebirds
ladybirds1642103ladybirds
lovebugs1441873loveb_ugs
lovelies1139893loveli_es
lovers94223433love__r_s
lovevines1544003lovevines
lyrebird1442093lyrebird_
moosebirds1551953moosebirds
mousebirds1552233mousebirds
oilbirds1143183_oilbirds
ovenbird1442613_ovenbird_
overbids14248903_overbi_ds
overgirds1445163_overgirds
ricebirds1442513ricebirds
shorebirds1652523shorebirds
songbirds1342773songbirds

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641247.04621095.8
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691247.48223882.8
 
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