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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 “balefires” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

41 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
balefires144480(None) 
balefire1344661balefire_
backfires2046172backfires
alewives1444283_alewives
alexines15258503_alexines
backfire1946003backfire_
backfired2144543backfired
baffies153612943ba_ffi_es
bakelites1545993bakelites
bakeries14312193bakeri_es
bakewares1845043bakewares
baldies105317703bal_di_es
balers85626933bale__r_s
balklines1536743balklines
ballies93725743bal_li_es
barbwires1643643barbwires
baselines1138603baselines
basifiers1445203basifiers
basifies13310493basifi_es
belfries1336983bel_fries
bemires113212833b__emires
benefices1645063benefices
bonfires1367383b_onfires
bushfires1742623bushfires
campfires1844123campfires
casefies1339213casefi_es
ceasefires1562163ceasefires
galenites10129183galenites
galeres83514333gale__res
hangfires1643843hangfires
hellfires1564463hellfires
kalewives1941953kalewives
olefines1137323_olefines
palefaces1645303palefaces
prefires134313283_prefires
rarefiers1244023rarefiers
rarefies1138993rarefi_es
refires104820313__refires
salifies11314793salifi_es
saltires83112423sal_tires
wildfires1642833wildfires

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641417.89018839.2
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691418.34321418.1
 
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