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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 “sourballs” 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.

32 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
sourballs114523(None) 
sourball1045361sourball_
softballs1443772softballs
spurgalls1243092spurgalls
blueballs1344043blueballs
boxballs19144233bo_xballs
cornballs1346313cornballs
doorbells1243303doorbells
foosballs1444023foosballs
footballs1445363footballs
forkballs1844253forkballs
goofballs1543023goofballs
gumballs1345313_gumballs
hairballs1443843hairballs
journals1574353journa_ls
lowballs1364393lo_wballs
mothballs1643923mothballs
oddballs1242963_oddballs
outbawls1336053_outbawls
outcalls1038743_outcalls
outfalls1138143_outfalls
roundballs1352763roundballs
scuzzballs2251003scuzzballs
snowballs14114463snowballs
softball1344203softball_
sorbable1239303so_rbable
sorbates10311103so_rbates
spitballs1344073spitballs
spurgall1143263spurgall_
squalls1647313squ__alls
stoopballs1452573stoopballs
surbases10310003s_urbases

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641326.59322545.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.03225411.1
 
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