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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 “baldy” 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.

120 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
baldy11551893(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
badly114918761badly
bald76432901bald_
baldly12479831baldly
balds85524641balds
balky145418241balky
bally105530101bally
balmy125217471balmy
bandy114824181bandy
bawdy147513281bawdy
ably99725132abl_y
alky115920342_alky
ally76935642_ally
baby116723682ba_by
bad67763152ba_d_
bade75140882ba_de
bads77048862ba_ds
baffy165511922baffy
baggy125615682baggy
bailey115015672bailey
bal56662722bal__
balas76937212balas
balded105417512balded
balder95318862balder
bale66353842bal_e
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balk105132222bal_k
balks114926292balks
ball66043322bal_l
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balm85534202bal_m
balms95723922balms
bals66354042bal_s
balsa77920412balsa
band76740902band_
banda85223102banda
bands85233422bands
banty106624002banty
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bards87139642bards
barky145721612barky
barley115116762barley
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
bassy1012917102bassy
batty105422242batty
baud74928422baud_
bauds85821042bauds
baulky15446312baulky
bawd105520842bawd_
bawdry15516462bawdry
bawds116115492bawds
bawty135614102bawty
bay89661642ba__y
beady114719922beady
belady12489932belady
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
bendy115017252bendy
bialy105119322bial_y
biddy124612692biddy
bilby124912352bilby
bilgy114713712bilgy
billy105525362billy
blade85923332blade
body107425672b_ody
bold75432812bold_
boldly12399422boldly
bolds85825282bolds
boody115420402boody
brandy124712062brandy
buddy124812632buddy
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
caddy125414022caddy
candy115119822candy
daddy116212562daddy
dally95324742dally
dandy104416702dandy
faddy135511622faddy
gally95026172gally
gaudy106611462gaudy
glady105413942glady
handy125520872handy
hardy125622062hardy
lady86527152la_dy
lardy96119272lardy
madly115218132madly
malady1237862malady
malmy124816342malmy
malty106721702malty
moldy115014652moldy
oldy85316842_oldy
paddy125913592paddy
pally105727122pally
palmy126016732palmy
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532pal_y
pandy115021172pandy
pardy115523952pardy
rally84725902rally
randy95022082randy
sadly94519122sadly
sally85129712sally
salty85524382salty
sandy94221132sandy
talky126215682talky
tally84526862tally
tardy94720462tardy
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wa_dy
wally114625092wally
waly105830902wal_y
yald86920612yald_

Search took 6 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 Filter178691538000.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit538001204.69011471.2
3Display Results1201200.0761578.9
 (SQL Overall)1786911204.90636423.0
 
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