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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 “bal” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
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
bal5666272(None) 
aal39058671aal
al210674041_al
ba49962341ba_
baa510650421baa
baal67033111baal
bad67763151bad
bag67059221bag
bah87755351bah
bail65042801bail
bald76432901bald
bale66353841bale
balk105132221balk
ball66043321ball
balm85534201balm
bals66354041bals
bam78560141bam
ban58366831ban
bap76455841bap
bar58070551bar
bas58681751bas
bat510988951bat
bawl95326061bawl
bay89661641bay
bel57148461bel
dal47554951dal
gal46055511gal
pal56761671pal
sal36462881sal

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146290.09355333.3
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691290.1551152845.2
 
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