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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 “baldest” 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.

43 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
baldest10231353(None) 
baddest112611141baddest
boldest102613061boldest
ablest84721832abl_est
auldest839892auldest
babiest114414752babiest
balded105417512balde_d
balder95318862balde_r
baldies105317702baldies_
baldish1339502baldish
baldness1137042baldness
balds85524642bald_s_
bales76250082bal_es_
balkiest144112452balkiest
ballast9313992ballast
ballet84733972balle_t
ballets93719512ballets
balmiest124110992balmiest
bardes95026932bardes_
barest85327692ba_rest
basest84720492ba_sest
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
blades95221252blades_
blandest113811042blandest
blest76431722b_l_est
bluest84016482b_luest
calmest11312342calmest
coldest102514762coldest
eldest72912682_eldest
falsest10310012falsest
goldest92411172goldest
haddest122711992haddest
halest94823272hal_est
hardest113118412hardest
maddest112311212maddest
mildest102812062mildest
oldest72114092_oldest
palest83926222pal_est
paliest93021602paliest
saddest92412382saddest
saltest71916512saltest
tallest7317092tallest
wildest113311272wildest

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671433.04635348.3
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691433.41952264.1
 
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