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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 “ballaster” 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.

66 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
ballaster114597(None) 
ballasted1245451ballasted
ballasters1245091ballasters
balladeer1243022balladeer
ballast9313992ballast__
ballasts1037932ballast_s
balloter1078892ball_oter
ballsier1036522ball_sier
baluster1037052ba_luster
blaster94017302b__laster
alabaster1143353_alabaster
alastor739653_a_lastor
allayer10148213_alla_yer
allostery1243723_allostery
allotter866473_allotter
backlasher21124483backlasher
balancer1246603ba_lancer
balases93815433ba_las_es
ballade104012563balla_de_
balladeers1342523balladeers
ballades114211643balla_des
ballasting1345293ballasting
baller83825203ball___er
ballista1045803ballist_a
ballistae1143793ballistae
ballistic1346613ballistic
balloted1189043ball_oted
balloters1157673ball_oters
ballute938543ball_ute_
ballutes1037523ball_utes
balusters1136643ba_lusters
bandmaster15124413bandmaster
banister10199973ba_nister
bannister1155373bannister
barrater10310143barra_ter
barrister1145733barrister
baster85333593b___aster
billeter1037563bill_eter
blasted104213473b__lasted
blasters104116143b__lasters
blastier10249493b__lastier
blatter94415653b__latter
bleater94515303b_lea_ter
blister94415313b__lister
bloater94013423b_loa_ter
bluster94215313b__luster
boaster94616433b__oaster
bolster93713423b_ol_ster
bombaster1543803bombaster
bullate93415073bulla_te_
cadaster1136903ca_daster
fillister1244423fillister
gallanted1145893gallanted
gallate83417123galla_te_
gallates92815523galla_tes
laster64830633___laster
maltster1035303ma_ltster
oleaster837263_oleaster
palmister1345053palmister
paymaster1643873paymaster
pilaster1038163_pilaster
plaster93318693__plaster
pollster1037103poll_ster
replaster1136583replaster
unballasted1451673unballasted
vallate103016563valla_te_

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641667.45319943.8
3Display Results66660.0135076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691667.91922564.8
 
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