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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 “oilbirds” 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.

40 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
oilbirds114318(None) 
oilbird1043741oilbird_
jailbirds1942612jailbirds
railbirds1243212railbirds
bellbirds1443173bellbirds
bilbies114712343bilbi_es
billiards1245023billiards
birds85421333___birds
boobirds1344183boobirds
catbirds1344203catbirds
cowbirds1644043cowbirds
dollybirds1751563dollybirds
fatbirds1443413fatbirds
filberts1334993filberts
firebirds1544023firebirds
gilberts1134183gilberts
halberds1435183halberds
iliads7448673_il_iads
jailbird1842703jailbird_
jaybirds2142823jaybirds
kingbirds1782523kingbirds
lairds74711613__lairds
lovebirds1542263lovebirds
maybirds1643323maybirds
milliards1246193milliards
milords10117853mil_ords
misbinds1345163misbinds
oilers64721193oil_er_s
oilseeds943703oilseeds
outbids1098913outbi_ds
ovenbirds1542023ovenbirds
railbird1143443railbird_
rainbirds1242863rainbirds
redbirds1283873redbirds
ricebirds1442513ricebirds
riflebirds1651333riflebirds
seabirds1164403seabirds
silurids945103silurids
songbirds1342773songbirds
sunbirds1143903sunbirds

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162407.45619603.3
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691407.87222699.6
 
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