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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 “balsas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

64 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
balsas8641752(None) 
balas76937211bal_as
balsa77920411balsa_
balsam105612231balsam
balsams11579011balsams
salsas65316131salsas
alas46358122_al_as
albas75925392_albas
alfas87219042_alfas
algas65624932_algas
alias55834602_alias
almas76629772_almas
baas66844672ba__as
baases85218012baases
babas96325732ba_bas
babkas146010142babkas
badass949292badass
bagass938932bagass
baizas173810822baizas
balases93815432balases
balatas9311832balatas
balboas113710072balboas
balds85524642bal_ds
balers85626932balers
bales76250082bal_es
balks114926292bal_ks
ballad94315322ballad
ballads104212912ballads
ballast9313992ballast
balls76236412bal_ls
balms95723922bal_ms
bals66354042bal__s
bandas95120542bandas
barcas101016602barcas
basal75722282ba_sal
bases75644352ba_ses
basis75429862ba_sis
basks115621762ba_sks
bass66146782ba_s_s
basses85428302basses
bassos85313702bassos
basts75936932ba_sts
belgas9311712belgas
blasts85116772blasts
bolas74733762bol_as
bursas85318272bursas
calesas9411832calesas
callas84526752callas
casas75327842ca_sas
galas65731642gal_as
galeas74618512galeas
halmas117017892halmas
halvas124714172halvas
hansas94616042hansas
kalpas124112942kalpas
masas75630412ma_sas
massas85116462massas
nalas55528362nal_as
paisas84317492paisas
salpas85116922salpas
salsa56718922salsa_
talas55935892tal_as
valses94514612valses
wallas95719392wallas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551642.23636919.1
3Display Results64640.0302133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691642.60968490.2
 
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