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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 “buttonballs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

25 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
buttonballs1511169(None) 
buttonball14121841buttonball_
butterballs1552272butterballs
butterball1452803butterball_
buttonholes1652213buttonholes
beanballs1363694b__eanballs
blowballs1643584b__lowballs
boxballs19144234b___oxballs
broomballs1652904b_roomballs
buckyballs2351984bu_ckyballs
buttals938504butt___a_ls
buttonbush1751564buttonb_ush
buttonbushes1961264buttonbushes
buttoners1145704button__ers
buttonhole1552344button_hole
buttonholed1751674buttonholed
buttonholer1661684buttonholer
buttonholers1761354buttonholers
buttonhooks2061614buttonhooks
buttonless1242964button_less
buttons9310334button____s
buttonwoods1751884buttonwoods
cannonballs1551424cannonballs
cottontails1351944cottontails
stoopballs1452574_stoopballs

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819258.26618003.8
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.70220534.5
 
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