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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 “bells” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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263 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
bells7643216(None) 
balls76236411balls
bell66237181bell_
belle75827831belle
belles85325991belles
belly104625491belly
bels66142491be_ls
belts75931161belts
bills75632861bills
bolls75531311bolls
bulls75629571bulls
cells75428061cells
dells66630941dells
ells46431351_ells
fells85327381fells
hells85032041hells
jells125522161jells
mells75031331mells
sells55134431sells
tells55828941tells
wells85426191wells
yells85821941yells
abeles84719392abeles
alls46740922_alls
baals76122702baals
bails75933522bails
balas76937212balas
balds85524642balds
bales76250082bales
balks114926292balks
ball66043322ball_
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102bally
balms95723922balms
bals66354042b_als
bawls105719322bawls
beads85429502beads
beaks115326622beaks
beams95328172beams
beans75734692beans
bears75739042bears
beats76042242beats
beaus75127112beaus
becks135522012becks
bedells10379362bedells
bedels94015272bedels
beds75937782be_ds
beefs105618562beefs
beeps95320972beeps
beers75628392beers
bees65453382be_es
beets76131442beets
befalls12349122befalls
begalls10319162begalls
begs75733832be_gs
bel57148462be_l_
belay105021522belay
belays114313852belays
belch124415502belch
belga8313232belga
belgas9311712belgas
belie75630382belie
belies84631052belies
belled94626192belled
bellies94023722bellies
bellow114213352bellow
bellows124313302bellows
belon73924112belon
belons84119412belons
below104617192below
belows114614182belows
belt65754032be_lt
bemas96424282bemas
bends85628972bends
benes75536232benes
bens65945702be_ns
bents76033692bents
bergs84718042bergs
berks115423122berks
berms95323662berms
beryls11107882beryls
bes56557432be__s
beses75830722beses
bests75932612bests
betas75528762betas
betels84515062betels
beths105519222beths
bets67051442be_ts
bevels113913982bevels
beys913829552be_ys
bezels173712282bezels
bezils1711310602bezils
bields94110002bields
biles75542142biles
bilks115117892bilks
bill67239942bill_
billy105525362billy
birls74023162birls
blebs96416152blebs
bless75917812bless
blets75324942blets
boils75427192boils
bolas74733762bolas
bolds85825282bolds
boles75448602boles
boll65634752boll_
bolos75531372bolos
bolts76232112bolts
bolus79125542bolus
bowls106121432bowls
brills84916292brills
buhls105111802buhls
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulks115920612bulks
bull65634872bull_
bulla74620562bulla
bully105124812bully
burls74228852burls
byrls105711232byrls
calls75634732calls
ceils75019402ceils
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cellos84517802cellos
cels65534972ce_ls
celts75325782celts
culls75425812culls
deals65435342deals
deils65722862deils
deles65139252deles
delfs94918672delfs
delis64928542delis
dell56938202dell_
delly96023872delly
dels56745472de_ls
delts65731792delts
dills65530972dills
dolls66126922dolls
dulls64523742dulls
dwells10417712dwells
eels46536742_eels
elds56324852_elds
elks85820032_elks
ell36735682_ell_
elms67322702_elms
els37645722_e_ls
falls85727652falls
feels85223042feels
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
fellas95116962fellas
felly114922802felly
felts85324542felts
fills84632372fills
fulls84623522fulls
galls64729322galls
gelds75118342gelds
gels56836102ge_ls
gelts65924612gelts
gills64728192gills
gulls65222982gulls
halls85633782halls
heals85733462heals
heels85625532heels
heils85222192heils
hell75637892hell_
hello86522982hello
hellos95321682hellos
helms105619462helms
helos84928062helos
helps105219342helps
herls85226432herls
hills85431352hills
hulls84923562hulls
ills47030422_ills
jell117125872jell_
jello126716272jello
jellos134714282jellos
jelly154218252jelly
jills125122822jills
keels94622412keels
kelly124617022kelly
kelps115116422kelps
kelts95222632kelts
kills94526172kills
knells10439252knells
kvells13346612kvells
lalls55324132lalls
lolls512121732lolls
lulls54119652lulls
malls76233432malls
meals75933382meals
melds84822382melds
mell64935612mell_
mels65941532me_ls
melts74930102melts
merls77423902merls
mewls105813232mewls
mills75435052mills
molls75129782molls
mulls75124152mulls
nelly84618812nelly
nills54926672nills
nulls55019982nulls
obelus8348402obelus
palls74332562palls
peals75235492peals
peels75226422peels
peles75738082peles
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelts76128812pelts
pills74130972pills
polls74627722polls
pulls74425052pulls
quells15359702quells
reals55038652reals
reels55333262reels
rills55032712rills
rolls55326232rolls
seals54839702seals
seels55632822seels
selfs85220242selfs
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
selles64426982selles
sels46345982se_ls
shells94319522shells
sills55135992sills
skells105013782skells
smells83914742smells
snells64614202snells
spells84617682spells
swells93913982swells
talls55133432talls
teals56234132teals
teels55726372teels
teles54536002teles
tell44934702tell_
telly84920822telly
tellys9348842tellys
telos55424522telos
tels46841692te_ls
tills54631712tills
tolls54728432tolls
veals84926192veals
veils84918802veils
velds95615582velds
vills86429322vills
walls85529382walls
weals85428742weals
welds94719162welds
well75832042well_
welly114620012welly
welts85225192welts
wills84528962wills
yelks126413622yelks
yell76028322yell_
yelps105712992yelps
yills83921552yills
zeals145320852zeals
zills144020782zills

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538002631.72031279.1
3Display Results2632630.0763460.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912632.10984727.8
 
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