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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 “playbill” 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.

29 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
playbill154337(None) 
playbills1642901playbills
playgirl1442552playgirl
waybill1543722_waybill
bluebill1243593bluebill
boatbill1244463boatbill
flabbily1843353flabbily
labial84714343_la_bial
labile8315223_la_bile
lambkill1642323_lambkill
payroll1245613p_ayroll
plaguily1443513plaguily
playable15137923playable
playback2144303playback
playbook1943463playbook
playboy1743813playb_oy
playboys1843653playboys
playfield1841663playfield
playful1544653play_ful
playfully2043213playfully
playgirls1542293playgirls
playing133816093play_ing
playlike1735613playlike
playlist1347573playlist
playtime1544793playtime
prebill1138803p_rebill
sawbill1255293_sawbill
waxbill1943133_waxbill
waybills1643163_waybills

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162296.43622710.1
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.85826055.8
 
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