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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 “pillar” 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.

50 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
pillar831402(None) 
pilar75221501pi_lar
pillars9313491pillars
pilular938201pilular
axillar14247562axillar
biller84923482biller
cellar84514982cellar
collar83816172collar
dollar74110982dollar
filar84819292fi_lar
filler94623622filler
giller74519732giller
hilar85418142hi_lar
hiller94421632hiller
iller54821292_iller
killer104917952killer
miller84625412miller
paillard1146262paillard
pallor8313672pallor
palmar104113462palmar
papillar1296712papillar
pedlar93311272pedlar
phylar14437372phylar
pilaf103923482pi_laf
pilau73618522pi_lau
pilaw103913742pi_law
pilea75123952pilea_
pilfer1139162pilfer
pill65339462pill__
pillage103412602pillage
pillager11278552pillager
pillared11228092pillared
pilled94222752pilled
pillory12247452pillory
pillow113110572pillow
pills74130972pill_s
polar75623452p_olar
pollard103511142pollard
poller83921852poller
poplar103611112poplar
puller83820812puller
pulsar8329362pulsar
siller64026062siller
spiller92914332spiller
tiller64222542tiller
villa85321232villa_
villae95615382villae
villas96117262villas
willer94021062willer
zillah1836562zillah

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551502.50033020.4
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.85962501.2
 
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