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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 “paddleballs” 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.

22 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
paddleballs175126(None) 
paddleball1651591paddleball_
paddleboards1961613paddleboards
paddleboats1751603paddleboats
saddlebags1561653saddleba_gs
baseballs1344784ba__seballs
dodgeballs1551464_dodgeballs
fiddlebacks2451474fiddlebacks
handballs15116184hand__balls
handlebars1642374handleba_rs
hardballs15115544hard__balls
oddballs1242964_odd__balls
paddleboard1851904paddleboard
paddleboat1652184paddleb_oat
paddlers12329154paddle___rs
paddles113515644paddle____s
paintballs1442664pa_intballs
paralegals1353754paralega_ls
saddlebag1451754saddleba__g
saddlebows17131714saddleb_ows
saddlebreds1691414saddlebreds
wallyballs1851964wa_llyballs

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819228.95316622.2
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691229.39219025.9
 
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