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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 “walks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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221 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
walks12621850(None) 
balks114926291balks
calks115421601calks
talks94322691talks
wacks146626281wacks
wales86142831wales
walk115625611walk_
walls85529381walls
wanks126124481wanks
warks127932401warks
wauks125515161wauks
aals49941142aal_s
alas46358122_alas
albs68628572_albs
ales47067102_ales
alky115920342_alky
alls46740922_alls
alms65834922_alms
alps65529242_alps
als36663022_al_s
alts46639902_alts
arks85936872_arks
asks85721212_asks
auks85525262_auks
awls75926092awl_s
backs135729622backs
balas76937212balas
balds85524642balds
bales76250082bales
balk105132222balk_
balky145418242balky
balls76236412balls
balms95723922balms
bals66354042bal_s
banks115527902banks
barks115735812barks
basks115621762basks
baulks12429372baulks
bilks115117892bilks
bulks115920612bulks
calfs104919382calfs
calk105527662calk_
calls75634732calls
calms95222352calms
calos74431902calos
carks115534212carks
casks115720062casks
caulks125611862caulks
chalks155412142chalks
daks97130602da_ks
dales66439742dales
dals57145122dal_s
darks106727872darks
dawks135213492dawks
elks85820032_elks
falls85727652falls
folks126017122folks
galas65731642galas
gales65442482gales
galls64729322galls
gals57946502gal_s
gawks136811632gawks
hacks144928712hacks
haiks125120932haiks
hales85449842hales
halls85633782halls
halms105225212halms
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hanks126226862hanks
harks126333432harks
hawks155415702hawks
holks124720562holks
hulks125715482hulks
ilks87218572_ilks
jacks185219832jacks
jauks165412462jauks
kales95730982kales
lacks116129202lacks
lalls55324132lalls
larks95227812larks
macks135127602macks
males75049792males
malls76233432malls
malms95021552malms
malts76331752malts
marks115933482marks
masks115320532masks
milks115020582milks
nalas55528362nalas
narks96026032narks
oaks86527902oa_ks
packs135528932packs
paiks114719852paiks
pales75753802pales
palls74332562palls
palms94921752palms
palps94719562palps
pals66951352pal_s
parks116134462parks
racks115028852racks
rales54947492rales
ranks95225732ranks
sacks114228872sacks
sales56055592sales
salps74423242salps
sals46851672sal_s
salts55431882salts
sarks96632462sarks
silks94620682silks
stalks104614552stalks
sulks94818462sulks
swales93920762swales
swanks134811562swanks
tacks115430132tacks
talas55935892talas
talcs74817182talcs
tales55451372tales
talk86230092talk_
talky126215682talky
talls55133432talls
taluks10418282taluks
talus55423262talus
tanks94624732tanks
tasks94917582tasks
vales85434262vales
wabs97337232wa_bs
wack135330912wack_
wacke145918622wacke
wackes154717712wackes
wacko145514382wacko
wackos155210992wackos
wacky174714932wacky
wades95634142wades
wadis95223962wadis
wads87343142wa_ds
waes76048602wa_es
waffs146315472waffs
wafts116920552wafts
wages95330932wages
wags86140552wa_gs
waifs115719872waifs
wails86631482wails
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
wake114935702wa_ke
wakes126633652wakes
wale74546432wal_e
waled94330992waled
waler84229262waler
walers94824462walers
walies95324522walies
walked145313782walked
walker133913992walker
walkers143411472walkers
walkup1534192walkup
walkups1633012walkups
wall76236102wal_l
walla85321032walla
wallas95719392wallas
wally114625092wally
walrus956432walrus
waltz17615472waltz
waly105830902wal_y
wames106432802wames
wamus105514682wamus
wands96425482wands
wanes85040882wanes
wank115632512wank_
wans76452272wa_ns
wants87932212wants
waps96642082wa_ps
wards97734402wards
wares88250582wares
wark115737772wark_
warms107726852warms
warns87231002warns
warps107126422warps
wars78659802wa_rs
warts814840402warts
was68767562wa__s
wasps106714692wasps
wasts87433672wasts
wats77555882wa_ts
watts86923092watts
wauk115220592wauk_
wauls86120552wauls
waves115633922waves
wawls115416472wawls
waws106834902wa_ws
waxes155825502waxes
ways107737952wa_ys
wealds10459102wealds
weals85428742weal_s
weeks125017862weeks
welds94719162welds
wells85426192wells
welts85225192welts
whacks184610482whacks
whales124716942whales
whelks16367322whelks
wicks144619362wicks
wilds94818202wilds
wiles85437872wiles
wills84528962wills
wilts85023502wilts
winks125325432winks
woalds10427582woalds
woks116224902w_oks
wolds95420182wolds
wolfs116214162wolfs
wonks124818342wonks
works125621902works
wracks154711112wracks
wyles114615322wyles
yacks144419812yacks
yaks116025202ya_ks
yanks125316572yanks
yelks126413622yelks
yolks125412772yolks

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538002211.39038705.0
3Display Results2212210.0633507.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912211.766101184.0
 
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