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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 “ball” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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311 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ball6604332(None) 
all36148231_all
baal67033111baal
bail65042801bail
bal56662721ba_l
bald76432901bald
bale66353841bale
balk105132221balk
balls76236411balls
bally105530101bally
balm85534201balm
bals66354041bals
bawl95326061bawl
bell66237181bell
bill67239941bill
boll65634751boll
bull65634871bull
call66838671call
fall75535311fall
gall56335991gall
hall75741161hall
lall45531311lall
mall64639371mall
pall65039341pall
sall44544681sall
tall47240211tall
wall76236101wall
aal39058672_aal
aals49941142aals
able66340532able
ably99725132ably
ail37171042_ail
al210674042_a_l
ala312463602_ala
alb57342652_alb
ale36572342_ale
alls46740922_alls
ally76935642_ally
alp56641132_alp
als36663022_als
alt36467962_alt
awl67635302_awl
ba49962342ba__
baa510650422ba_a
baals76122702baals
baas66844672baas
baba88828352baba
babe86835822babe
babel95821692babel
babu85829232babu
babul96317712babul
baby116723682baby
bach116131392bach
back125535762back
bad67763152ba_d
bade75140882bade
badly114918762badly
bads77048862bads
baff124632272baff
bag67059222ba_g
bagel85116792bagel
bags76645502bags
bah87755352ba_h
baht96740012baht
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bait
bake105637512bake
balas76937212balas
baldly12479832baldly
balds85524642balds
baldy115518932baldy
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balks114926292balks
balky145418242balky
ballad94315322ballad
balled94926892balled
baller83825202baller
ballet84733972ballet
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
ballsy11508872ballsy
balms95723922balms
balmy125217472balmy
balsa77920412balsa
bam78560142ba_m
bams87044452bams
ban58366842ba_n
banal75925992banal
band76740912band
bane65250432bane
bang74837002bang
bani65334962bani
bank105835752bank
bans66555142bans
bap76455842ba_p
baps86040842baps
bar58070552ba_r
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barf95844412barf
bark106242152bark
barm86739602barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bas58681752ba_s
basal75722282basal
base64847022base
bash915240162bash
basil75122272basil
bask105131422bask
bass66146782bass
bast66362412bast
bat510988952ba_t
bate66552422bate
bath95940082bath
bats66962332bats
batt65053872batt
baud74928422baud
baulk114914332baulk
bawd105520842bawd
bawls105719322bawls
bay89661642ba_y
bays97143912bays
befall114410642befall
begall92610722begall
bel57148462b_el
belle75827832belle
bells76432162bells
belly104625492belly
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
biali73419072biali
bialy105119322bialy
bile66147182bile
bilk105824422bilk
bills75632862bills
billy105525362billy
birl65830472birl
blab86629132blab
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
boil66335182boil
bola66035562bola
bold75432812bold
bole66448692bole
bolls75531312bolls
bolo65535952bolo
bolt66254172bolt
bowl96827702bowl
brail75525552brail
brawl106217962brawl
brill74819952brill
buhl95518222buhl
bulb85626692bulb
bulk105426152bulk
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
bully105124812bully
burl64937182burl
byrl95716012byrl
calf96339562calf
calk105527662calk
calla74827072calla
calls75634732calls
calm85032362calm
calo64936442calo
calx135722792calx
carl65144782carl
caul65630002caul
cell65031722cell
cull65929642cull
dahl87019222dahl
dal47554952da_l
dale55643982dale
dally95324742dally
dals57145122dals
dell56938202dell
dill55239972dill
doll56632492doll
dull56430442dull
earl45838142earl
ell36735682_ell
fail74840242fail
falls85727652falls
falx147120782falx
farl76338552farl
fell76833072fell
fill75540192fill
full75229152full
gal46055512ga_l
gala55635162gala
gale56347322gale
galls64729322galls
gally95026172gally
gals57946502gals
gaol56925412gaol
gill56336182gill
gull54828452gull
hail74839062hail
halal85623592halal
hale76052832hale
half106238452half
hallo85127552hallo
halls85633782halls
halm95834972halm
halo76437322halo
halt76056302halt
harl75740002harl
haul75530452haul
hell75637892hell
hill76439492hill
hull75428782hull
ill37437092_ill
jail115529092jail
jarl115828132jarl
jell117125872jell
jill116430262jill
kail85131492kail
kale86533752kale
kill85533182kill
lalls55324132lalls
loll46128382loll
lull44225762lull
mail65543452mail
maill74420792maill
male66052302male
malls76233432malls
malm85129982malm
malt66254812malt
marl66341622marl
maul64830722maul
mell64935612mell
mill66541482mill
moll66735702moll
mull65128802mull
nail45838652nail
nala46930392nala
nill45634302nill
null45125312null
pail66141832pail
pal56761672pa_l
pale66055012pale
palls74332562palls
pally105727122pally
palm85331362palm
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pawl95123262pawl
pill65339462pill
poll66332132poll
pull64731662pull
rail46147762rail
rale45050562rale
rally84725902rally
rill45140902rill
roll46331652roll
sail45447162sail
sal36462882sa_l
salal55425702salal
sale44959702sale
sally85129712sally
salol55222142salol
salp64534092salp
sals46851672sals
salt45758522salt
saul45836522saul
scall74420372scall
sell45840612sell
shall85024052shall
sill45545152sill
small74016262small
spall74919302spall
stall54722352stall
tael46030712tael
tail45443652tail
tala45938052tala
talc66226812talc
tale46154162tale
tali46837162tali
talk86230092talk
talls55133432talls
tally84526862tally
tell44934702tell
till45941202till
toll45535262toll
vail75432552vail
vale74937342vale
vill75235072vill
wail75238822wail
wale74546432wale
walk115625612walk
walla85321032walla
walls85529382walls
wally114625092wally
waly105830902waly
waul76927312waul
wawl105321942wawl
well75832042well
will75737512will
yald86920612yald
yawl104918972yawl
yell76028322yell
yill75628972yill
zill135727612zill

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298723110.84335435.3
3Display Results3113110.0764092.1
 (SQL Overall)1786913111.202148661.4
 
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