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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 “bald” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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303 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
bald7643290(None) 
bad67763151ba_d
bal56662721bal_
balds85524641balds
baldy115518931baldy
bale66353841bale
baled85436441baled
balk105132221balk
ball66043321ball
balm85534201balm
bals66354041bals
band76740911band
bard75648861bard
baud74928421baud
bawd105520841bawd
bold75432811bold
yald86920611yald
aal39058672aal_
aals49941142aals
abed79734132abed
able66340532able
abled86926832abled
ably99725132ably
ad311975032_a_d
add510132362_add
aid49269072_aid
al210674042_al_
ala312463602_ala
alb57342652_alb
ale36572342_ale
all36148232_all
alp56641132_alp
als36663022_als
alt36467962_alt
and47244172_and
auld54125362auld
ba49962342ba__
baa510650422ba_a
baaed85218162baaed
baal67033112baal
baals76122702baals
baas66844672baas
baba88828352baba
babe86835822babe
babu85829232babu
baby116723682baby
bach116131392bach
back125535762back
baddy125016022baddy
bade75140882bade
badly114918762badly
bads77048862bads
baff124632272baff
bag67059222ba_g
bags76645502bags
bah87755352ba_h
baht96740012baht
bail65042802bail
bailed94726652bailed
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bait
bake105637512bake
baked126130772baked
balas76937212balas
balded105417512balded
balder95318862balder
baldly12479832baldly
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balked135219412balked
balks114926292balks
balky145418242balky
ballad94315322ballad
balled94926892balled
balls76236412balls
bally105530102bally
balms95723922balms
balmy125217472balmy
balsa77920412balsa
bam78560142ba_m
bams87044452bams
ban58366842ba_n
banda85223102banda
bands85233422bands
bandy114824182bandy
bane65250432bane
baned85436352baned
bang74837002bang
bani65334962bani
bank105835752bank
bans66555142bans
bap76455842ba_p
baps86040842baps
bar58070552ba_r
barb85240062barb
barde85330772barde
bards87139642bards
bare65460522bare
bared85144482bared
barf95844412barf
bark106242152bark
barm86739602barm
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bas58681752ba_s
base64847022base
based85331582based
bash915240162bash
bask105131422bask
bass66146782bass
bast66362412bast
bat510988952ba_t
bate66552422bate
bated85935532bated
bath95940082bath
bats66962332bats
batt65053872batt
bauds85821042bauds
baulk114914332baulk
bawds116115492bawds
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawl95326062bawl
bawled124415692bawled
bawls105719322bawls
bay89661642ba_y
bayed115423022bayed
bays97143912bays
bead75937922bead
beard86024962beard
bed67950622b_ed
bel57148462bel_
bell66237182bell
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
bend76435262bend
biali73419072biali
bialy105119322bialy
bid67751792b_id
bield84614652bield
bile66147182bile
bilk105824422bilk
bill67239942bill
bind76234512bind
bird76128322bird
blab86629132blab
blade85923332blade
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
bland85320452bland
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bled75729312bled
board85523002board
bod67055542b_od
bola66035562bola
bolds85825282bolds
bole66448692bole
boll65634752boll
bolo65535952bolo
bolt66254172bolt
bond75334362bond
brad75234342brad
braid85822262braid
brand85124492brand
bred75130972bred
bud67041272b_ud
build84413352build
bulb85626692bulb
bulk105426152bulk
bull65634872bull
bund75530662bund
burd75534262burd
cad67456362ca_d
caid77837532caid
calf96339562calf
calk105527662calk
call66838672call
calm85032362calm
calo64936442calo
calx135722792calx
card710245872card
cauld85318442cauld
clad76225822clad
cold77338772cold
dad58456162da_d
dal47554952dal_
dale55643982dale
dals57145122dals
eld46733792_eld
fad77452412fa_d
fall75535312fall
falx147120782falx
fard85639062fard
fauld95214492fauld
fold86528942fold
gad57556652ga_d
gaed66031512gaed
gal46055512gal_
gala55635162gala
gale56347322gale
gall56335992gall
gals57946502gals
gaud67025432gaud
geld65828432geld
gild65526512gild
glad65624012glad
gold65430162gold
had77658762ha_d
haed86338582haed
hale76052832hale
haled95335822haled
half106238452half
halid94424982halid
hall75741162hall
halm95834972halm
halo76437322halo
halt76056302halt
hand86833712hand
hard85443502hard
held85330402held
hold86235062hold
kale86533752kale
lad48165702la_d
laid56439142laid
lall45531312lall
land56337312land
lard56742002lard
laud56527722laud
mad68958712ma_d
maid75537662maid
male66052302male
mall64639372mall
malm85129982malm
malt66254812malt
maud75325402maud
meld75830472meld
mild75330852mild
mold76034332mold
nala46930392nala
naled65525052naled
nard56634452nard
old47033462_old
pad68057322pa_d
paid75737482paid
pal56761672pal_
pale66055012pale
paled85538722paled
pall65039342pall
palm85331362palm
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pard76441322pard
qaid146023842qaid
rad47662002ra_d
raid55243072raid
rale45050562rale
rand55839572rand
ribald9209292ribald
sad47459202sa_d
said55742112said
sal36462882sal_
salad65321832salad
sale44959702sale
sall44544682sall
salp64534092salp
sals46851672sals
salt45758522salt
sand55338472sand
sard55344242sard
scald84818122scald
sild55030582sild
skald104210172skald
sold54837412sold
tad47959822ta_d
tala45938052tala
talc66226812talc
tale46154162tale
tali46837162tali
talk86230092talk
tall47240212tall
told56132202told
vale74937342vale
valid94618392valid
veld85323202veld
wad77053892wa_d
wale74546432wale
waled94330992waled
walk115625612walk
wall76236102wall
waly105830902waly
wand85833882wand
ward86542252ward
weald95615022weald
weld84727732weld
wild85126512wild
woald94813072woald
wold85429072wold
yard85633252yard
yaud87020082yaud
yauld95511182yauld
yeld811423872yeld

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691298720.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit298723030.78338150.7
3Display Results3033030.0763986.8
 (SQL Overall)1786913030.935191113.4
 
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