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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 “forkballs” 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.

36 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
forkballs184425(None) 
forkball1744821forkball_
cornballs1346312cornballs
fireballs14126492fireballs
foosballs1444032foosballs
footballs1445362footballs
boxballs19144233bo_xballs
cockbills1944233cockbills
cornball1247053cornball_
fastballs1444443fastballs
fireball13127263fireball_
firehalls15105173firehalls
firewalls15125353firewalls
folktales1653123folktales
foosball1344093foosball_
football1345613football_
footfalls1544593footfalls
footwalls1544383footwalls
forebays1637263foreba_ys
foresails1247153foresails
forestalls1345803forestalls
foretells1245633foretells
forkfuls1843553fork_fuls
formally1638243for_mally
formals123312893for_ma_ls
goofballs1543023goofballs
hardballs15115543hardballs
hornbills1493863hornbills
kickballs1643333kickballs
lowballs1364393lo_wballs
mothballs1643923mothballs
oddballs1242963_oddballs
rockfalls1843183rockfalls
softballs1443773softballs
sourballs1145233sourballs
workbags1843013workba_gs

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641366.51622811.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.98525582.1
 
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