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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 “baleen” 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.

36 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
baleen861305(None) 
baleens938471baleens
alee46652322_alee_
alien56425582_alien
badmen114613832badmen
bagmen115412532bagmen
bailee84526012bailee_
bailees93914382bailees
balded105417512balded
balder95318862balder
bale66353842bal_e_
baled85436442bal_ed
baler75635272bal_er
balers85626932balers
bales76250082bal_es
balked135219412balked
balker124519162balker
balled94926892balled
baller83825202baller
ballet84733972ballet
ballon84117492ballon
barmen105418532barmen
barren85317612barren
basemen1139082basemen
batmen104414302batmen
batten85217122batten
baymen134212002baymen
been65335782b__een
bleed85019802b_leed
bleep95013452b_leep
boreen8314312boreen
careen84119492careen
fallen93813372fallen
lateen64014862lateen
sateen63815012sateen
spleen8310262spleen

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.37634743.7
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691362.71965719.4
 
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