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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 “bail” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

294 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bail6504280(None) 
ail37171041_ail
baal67033111baal
bails75933521bails
bait66556001bait
bal56662721ba_l
ball66043321ball
basil75122271basil
bawl95326061bawl
boil66335181boil
brail75525551brail
fail74840241fail
hail74839061hail
jail115529091jail
kail85131491kail
mail65543451mail
nail45838651nail
pail66141831pail
rail46147761rail
sail45447161sail
tail45443651tail
vail75432551vail
wail75238821wail
aal39058672_aal
aboil72217542aboil
ai211288392_ai_
aid49269082_aid
ails45654712_ails
aim57858212_aim
ain37579092_ain
air38058392_air
ais39083572_ais
ait38093902_ait
al210674042_a_l
all36148232_all
anil46437432anil
aril45843022aril
avail8313882avail
awl67635302_awl
axil116424452axil
ba49962342ba__
baa510650422ba_a
baals76122702baals
baas66844672baas
baba88828352baba
babe86835822babe
babel95821692babel
babu85829232babu
babul96317712babul
baby116723682baby
bach116131392bach
back125535762back
bad67763152ba_d
bade75140882bade
badly114918762badly
bads77048862bads
baff124632272baff
bag67059222ba_g
bagel85116792bagel
bags76645502bags
bah87755352ba_h
baht96740012baht
bailed94726652bailed
bailee84526012bailee
bailer85425252bailer
bailey115015672bailey
bailie83818362bailie
bailor83412602bailor
bairn77515532bairn
baith108023132baith
baits76630582baits
baiza164813222baiza
baize164717392baize
bake105637512bake
bald76432902bald
bale66353842bale
balk105132222balk
balls76236412balls
bally105530102bally
balm85534202balm
bals66354042bals
bam78560142ba_m
bams87044452bams
ban58366842ba_n
banal75925992banal
band76740922band
bane65250432bane
bang74837012bang
bani65334962bani
bank105835752bank
bans66555142bans
bap76455842ba_p
baps86040842baps
bar58070552ba_r
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barf95844412barf
baric96125692baric
bark106242152bark
barm86739602barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bas58681752ba_s
basal75722282basal
base64847022base
bash915240162bash
basic96220522basic
basils85717472basils
basin75026922basin
basis75429862basis
bask105131422bask
bass66146782bass
bast66362412bast
bat510988952ba_t
bate66552422bate
bath95940082bath
batik11614732batik
bats66962332bats
batt65053872batt
baud74928422baud
baulk114914332baulk
bawd105520842bawd
bawls105719322bawls
bay89661642ba_y
bays97143912bays
bel57148462b_el
bell66237182bell
bewail1189582bewail
bezil163812882bezil
bi48046472b_i_
biali73419072biali
bialy105119322bialy
bias64738162bias
bib77045942b_ib
bid67751812b_id
big67345722b_ig
bile66147182b_ile
bilk105824422b_ilk
bill67239942bill
bin56658642b_in
bio57846082b_io
birl65830472birl
bis56860662b_is
bit57070902b_it
biz147939362b_iz
blain75421792blain
blin67228172blin
blip88322772blip
boils75427192boils
boll65634752boll
bowl96827702bowl
braid85822262braid
brails84621292brails
brain76229382brain
brasil8713862brasil
brawl106217962brawl
brazil1779622brazil
brie65837902brie
brig76528032brig
brill74819952brill
brim85629372brim
brin67038192brin
brio65432492brio
bris65539612bris
brit66350152brit
broil74918222broil
buhl95518222buhl
build84413352build
built74325922built
bull65634872bull
burl64937182burl
byrl95716012byrl
caid77837532caid
cain65643912cain
call66838672call
carl65144782carl
caul65630002caul
cavil103816492cavil
ceil65725062ceil
coil66439652coil
dahl87019222dahl
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dais
dal47554952da_l
deil56231622deil
dial55935062dial
drail65020972drail
earl45838142earl
email74715102email
evil75318072evil
fails85631482fails
fain75840562fain
fair76332522fair
fall75535312fall
farl76338552farl
fil65447142_fil
flail85316182flail
foil76433912foil
frail85220212frail
gaily95020972gaily
gain56042162gain
gait56150192gait
gal46055512ga_l
gall56335992gall
gaol56925412gaol
grail64622872grail
haik115526982haik
hails85231642hails
hair76330142hair
hall75741162hall
harl75740002harl
haul75530452haul
heil76328932heil
jails125422942jails
jarl115828132jarl
kaif116933932kaif
kails95525212kails
kain85334292kain
laic65931562laic
laid56439142laid
lain46146282lain
lair45934152lair
lall45531312lall
maid75537662maid
maile75232222maile
maill74420792maill
mails76037782mails
maim85831492maim
main65345522main
mair66133782mair
mall64639372mall
marl66341622marl
maul64830722maul
mil55752112_mil
moil65534092moil
naif76839022naif
nails55730402nails
nil36144192_nil
noil46133242noil
oil37452052_oil
paid75737482paid
paik105726802paik
pails75833062pails
pain65647242pain
pair66031512pair
pal56761672pa_l
pall65039342pall
pawl95123262pawl
pial65636702pial
qaid146023842qaid
quail144314362quail
rai37658222rai_
raia46638382raia
raid55243072raid
rails55937402rails
rain46251732rain
rais45252622rais
rial45938092rial
roil46235292roil
said55742112said
sails55738102sails
sain45551292sain
sal36462882sa_l
sall44544682sall
saul45836522saul
sial45938832sial
snail57020202snail
soil46138832soil
spail74921552spail
swail86217162swail
tael46030712tael
tails55634192tails
tain45548072tain
tali46837162tali
tall47240212tall
til36350262_til
toil46536282toil
trail55126772trail
vails85825932vails
vain75233002vain
vair75624142vair
vakil1259792vakil
veil75523592veil
vial76731092vial
waif105836752waif
wails86631482wails
wain75840202wain
wair75830052wair
wait75553692wait
wall76236102wall
waul76927312waul
wawl105321942wawl
yawl104918972yawl

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 Filter178691298720.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit298722941.01629401.6
3Display Results2942940.0803675.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912941.452123065.4
 
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