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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 “bales” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

32 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
bales7625008(None) 
ables75935541ables
ales47067101_ales
babes95834111babes
bakes117035371bakes
balas76937211balas
balds85524641balds
bale66353841bale_
baled85436441baled
baler75635271baler
balers85626931balers
balks114926291balks
balls76236411balls
balms95723921balms
bals66354041bal_s
banes74945581banes
bares75457131bares
bases75644351bases
bates75846341bates
biles75542141biles
boles75448601boles
dales66439741dales
gales65442481gales
hales85449841hales
kales95730981kales
males75049791males
pales75753801pales
rales54947491rales
sales56055591sales
tales55451371tales
vales85434261vales
wales86142831wales

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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756320.48359536.2
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691320.575310767.0
 
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