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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 “sourball” 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.

37 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
sourball104536(None) 
sourballs1145231sourballs
softball1344202softball
spurgall1143262spurgall
blueball1244783blueball
boxball18155323bo_xball
cornball1247053cornball
doorbell1143413doorbell
foosball1344083foosball
football1345613football
forkball1744823forkball
goofball1443273goofball
gumball1266833_gumball
hairball1344633hairball
journal1484963journa_l
journals1574353journals
lowball1275503lo_wball
mothball1543893mothball
oddball1143773_oddball
outbawl1237473_outbawl
outcall9310123_outcall
outfall1039683_outfall
pourable1239133pourable
roundball1243313roundball
scuzzball2151173scuzzball
slurban944863slurba_n
snowball13114943snowball
softballs1443773softballs
sorbable1239303so_rbable
sorbate9311733so_rbate
sourly93612213sour__ly
spitball1244493spitball
spurgalls1243093spurgalls
squall1538003squ__all
stoopball1352953stoopball
sural55931263s_ur_a_l
surbase939793s_urbase

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162377.71618942.7
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.13821957.6
 
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