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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 “bals” 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.

35 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
bals6635404(None) 
aals49941141aals
als36663021_als
baals76122701baals
baas66844671baas
bads77048861bads
bags76645501bags
bails75933521bails
bal56662721bal_
balas76937211balas
bald76432901bald
balds85524641balds
bale66353841bale
bales76250081bales
balk105132221balk
balks114926291balks
ball66043321ball
balls76236411balls
balm85534201balm
balms95723921balms
balsa77920411balsa
bams87044451bams
bans66555131bans
baps86040841baps
bars66564091bars
bas58681751ba_s
bass66146781bass
bats66962331bats
bawls105719321bawls
bays97143911bays
bels66142491bels
dals57145121dals
gals57946501gals
pals66951351pals
sals46851671sals

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 Filter178691139830.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit13983350.25055932.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691350.342522488.3
 
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