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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 “beanballs” 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.

31 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
beanballs136369(None) 
beanball1264671beanball_
beachballs1953012beachballs
beanbags1342862beanba_gs
meatballs1344092meatballs
banally1249223b_an_ally
barbells12368823b_arbells
baseballs1344783baseballs
beachball1843463beachball_
beadrolls1243773beadrolls
beanbag1243943beanba__g
beanpoles1344313beanpoles
beanstalks1651833beanstalks
befalls12349123be__falls
begalls10319163be__galls
blackballs2043963blackballs
blowballs1643583blowballs
blueballs1344043blueballs
boatbills1344173boatbills
boxballs19144233b_oxballs
brantails1146313brantails
breakwalls1951883breakwalls
cornballs1346313cornballs
deadfalls1443143deadfalls
eyeballs1344213_eyeballs
handballs15116183_handballs
heelballs1443443heelballs
meatball1244513meatball_
pinballs1246933_pinballs
seawalls1145233sea_walls
trapballs1344193trapballs

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641317.26620457.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.70223200.6
 
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