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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 “bails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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290 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
bails7593352(None) 
ails45654711_ails
baals76122701baals
bail65042801bail_
baits76630581baits
balls76236411balls
bals66354041ba_ls
basils85717471basils
bawls105719321bawls
boils75427191boils
brails84621291brails
fails85631481fails
hails85231641hails
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037781mails
nails55730401nails
pails75833061pails
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails
aals49941142_aals
aids57846362_aids
ail37171042_ail_
aims67738182_aims
ains46158882_ains
airs46447422_airs
ais39083572_ai_s
aits46355532_aits
alls46740922_alls
als36663022_a_ls
anils56326722anils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
awls75926092_awls
axils127217502axils
baal67033112baal_
baas66844672ba_as
babas96325732babas
babels105216722babels
babes95834112babes
babies106123652babies
babuls105413642babuls
babus95620332babus
backs135729622backs
badly114918762badly
bads77048862ba_ds
baffs134718052baffs
bagels95712312bagels
bags76645502ba_gs
bahts105617802bahts
bailed94726652bailed
bailee84526012bailee
bailees93914382bailees
bailer85425252bailer
bailers94221352bailers
bailey115015672bailey
baileys12388932baileys
bailie83818362bailie
bailies94120202bailies
bailor83412602bailor
bailors93212412bailors
bairn77515532bairn
bairns86710872bairns
bait66556002bai_t
baith108023132baith
baiza164813222baiza
baizas173810822baizas
baize164717392baize
baizes174315052baizes
bakes117035372bakes
bal56662722ba_l_
balas76937212balas
bald76432902ba_ld
balds85524642balds
bale66353842ba_le
bales76250082bales
balk105132222ba_lk
balks114926292balks
ball66043322ba_ll
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102bally
balm85534202ba_lm
balms95723922balms
balsa77920412ba_lsa
bams87044452ba_ms
bands85233432bands
banes74945582banes
bangs85627782bangs
banks115527902banks
banns75321232banns
bans66555142ba_ns
baps86040842ba_ps
barbs95928192barbs
bards87139642bards
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128462barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092ba_rs
bas58681752ba__s
bases75644352bases
basics104915122basics
basil75122272basil_
basins85722762basins
basis75429862basis
basks115621762basks
bass66146782ba_ss
basts75936932basts
bates75846342bates
baths105922922baths
batiks1239372batiks
bats66962332ba_ts
batts76727562batts
bauds85821042bauds
baulk114914332baulk
baulks12429372baulks
bawds116115492bawds
bawl95326062bawl_
bays97143912ba_ys
bells76432162bells
bels66142492b_els
bewails1277552bewails
bezils1711310602bezils
biali73419072biali
bialis83617162bialis
bialy105119322bialy
bialys11387912bialys
bias64738162b_ias
bibs84830992b_ibs
bids75838452b_ids
bigs76235022b_igs
bile66147182b_ile
biles75542142b_iles
bilk105824422b_ilk
bilks115117892b_ilks
bill67239942b_ill
bills75632862bills
bins66548252b_ins
bios66335322b_ios
birls74023162birls
bis56860662b_i_s
bits66148162b_its
blains84516372blains
blips95615782blips
bliss75616912bliss
boil66335182boil_
bolls75531312bolls
bowls106121432bowls
braids95015692braids
brail75525552brail_
brains85125472brains
brasils9410972brasils
brawls115214332brawls
brazils1867752brazils
bries74942152bries
brigs85823222brigs
brill74819952brill
brills84916292brills
brims94721622brims
brins75533972brins
brios74725722brios
bris65539612bri_s
briss75824272briss
brits76433082brits
broils84114172broils
buhls105111802buhls
build84413352build
builds9378492builds
built74325922built
bulls75629572bulls
burls74228852burls
byrls105711232byrls
caids85226422caids
cains75334302cains
calls75634732calls
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
coils75030082coils
dahls95012282dahls
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dai_s
dals57145122da_ls
deils65722862deils
dials64925342dials
drails74716952drails
earls56127512earls
emails84412342emails
evils84114262evils
fail74840242fail_
fairs85825442fairs
falls85727652falls
farls85731112farls
fils75838692_fils
flails94313002flails
foils85025812foils
frails93716472frails
gaily95020972gaily
gains65729512gains
gaits65726012gaits
galls64729322galls
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
grails77518782grails
haiks125120932haiks
hail74839062hail_
hairs86225172hairs
halls85633782halls
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
heils85222192heils
jail115529092jail_
jarls126120962jarls
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail_
kains96125642kains
laics76419252laics
lairs55425872lairs
lalls55324132lalls
maids86327142maids
mail65543452mail_
maile75232222maile
mailes84329112mailes
maill74420792maill
maills84215282maills
maims96321792maims
mains75635112mains
mairs76228302mairs
malls76233432malls
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
naifs87617422naifs
nail45838652nail_
nils46132452_nils
noils55024332noils
oils46337972_oils
paiks114719852paiks
pail66141832pail_
pains75138282pains
pairs75325832pairs
palls74332562palls
pals66951352pa_ls
pawls105617662pawls
qaids156116312qaids
quails153412642quails
raias54631122raias
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rail_
rains55140232rains
rais45252622rai_s
rials55026672rials
roils54826792roils
saids65328852saids
sail45447162sail_
sains55639972sains
sals46851672sa_ls
sauls55128122sauls
sials54227242sials
snails64816652snails
soils55327982soils
spails84817822spails
swails94913122swails
taels56822072taels
tail45443652tail_
tains54936322tains
talls55133432talls
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
trails64622512trails
vail75432552vail_
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
waifs115719872waifs
wail75238822wail_
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
walls85529382walls
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
yawls114613602yawls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit538002901.73331044.4
3Display Results2902900.0933118.3
 (SQL Overall)1786912902.12684050.3
 
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