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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 “baldness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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259 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
baldness113704(None) 
badness1039571ba_dness
boldness1136971boldness
baldest102313532bald_est
baldies105317702baldie_s
baldnesses1337652baldnesses
balkiness1556902balkiness
balminess1356592balminess
baloneys1334662baloneys
bandiness122310242bandiness
bareness10912812bareness
baroness101210062baroness
baseness10910942baseness
bassness1096742bassness
bawdiness15235542bawdiness
blandness1235972blandness
calmness1236642calmness
coldness1137952coldness
gladness1036152gladness
haleness11312622haleness
halfness1435562halfness
hardness122411082hardness
madness10310072ma_dness
maleness10312312maleness
mildness1136522mildness
oldness836402_oldness
paleness10312982paleness
sadness8310612sa_dness
saltness82610242saltness
tallness837102tallness
validness13125362validness
wildness1236202wildness
abalones1038753abalone_s
acidness1136723acidness
address956103_address
agedness1036683agedness
aidless83612073_aidless
alders74218423_ald_ers
aldoses8311203_aldoses
algidness1144273_algidness
aliners74717723_aliners
alines65735223_aline_s
almners9399563_almners
aptness9268573_aptness
aridness939223aridness
avidness1246113avidness
backless162910633backless
badass949293ba_d_ass
baddest112611143ba_ddest
baddies114017873baddie_s
badgers114812653ba_dgers
badges103917373ba_dge_s
badnesses1239253ba_dnesses
bagginess1355953bagginess
balancers1345063balancers
balances1279973balances
balases93815433balase_s
balded105417513bald_e_d
balder95318863bald_e_r
baldhead1544273baldhead
baldheads1644133baldheads
baldish1339503bald_ish
baldrics13164893baldrics
balds85524643bald___s
baleens938473bal_eens
balers85626933bal__ers
bales76250083bal__e_s
balkers134915723bal_kers
balkiest144112453balkiest
ballers94421013bal_lers
ballets93719513bal_lets
ballies93725743ballie_s
ballonets1146723ballonets
balmiest124110993balmiest
balneal936573bal_neal
baloney1237483balone_y
banders104324563band_ers
bandies104124863bandie_s
banes74945583ba__ne_s
banners94018713ba_nners
bannets94013843ba_nnets
barbless12318713barbless
bardes95026933bard_e_s
barkless14318023barkless
barless94317003ba_rless
barneys12569563ba_rneys
baronets101410903baronets
baseless1099563baseless
basinets1039063basinets
bathless13127383bathless
battiness11239843battiness
bawdies134613393bawdie_s
bawdiest14398673bawdiest
bayonets13135583bayonets
beadiness12249233beadiness
beardless1234913beardless
bedless1039703b_edless
beltless10297713beltless
biasness1035813biasness
bigness1038193b_igness
blackness1735663blackness
bladders12397803bladders
bladeless1234303bladeless
bladers104214683blad_ers
blades95221253blad_e_s
blandest113811043blandest
blankness1544673blankness
blarneys13183193blarneys
bless75917813b_l__ess
blindness1235343blindness
blondness1234963blondness
blueness1038213blueness
boldest102613063bold_est
boldnesses1337233boldnesses
boloneys1334503boloneys
boltless10338283boltless
bondless1148813bondless
boniness102211803boniness
boundness1235943boundness
boxiness17247813boxiness
braless92910563bral__ess
brandless1236123brandless
brashness1436323brashness
braveness14237763braveness
broadness1256663broadness
budless1038873b_udless
bulginess1245633bulginess
bulkiness1555933bulkiness
burliness1137833burliness
business102110693business
busyness13264813busyness
byliners1334753byliners
bylines1239243byline_s
caginess11310303caginess
cakiness1449553cakiness
canoness1039393canoness
daftness1235533daftness
dailiness1038673dailiness
dailyness1343643dailyness
dampness1336073dampness
dankness13256693dankness
darkness13247343darkness
datedness1187753datedness
dazedness20114963dazedness
deadness1039233deadness
dullness934873dullness
dulness8307983dul_ness
earliness939693earliness
easiness8313043easiness
eldress835003_eldress
eyedness1245103eyedness
fadedness1445613fadedness
fairness1136563fairness
falseness1236093falseness
farness102912203fa_rness
fastness11238763fastness
fatness103311293fa_tness
fellness1135913fellness
flatness1138153flatness
fondness1237213fondness
fullness1135443fullness
fulness10248963ful_ness
gameness112810693gameness
gaminess112911063gaminess
gastness9278473gastness
gaudiness1136253gaudiness
gayness1136843ga_yness
gelidness1144473gelidness
goodness1036253goodness
grandness1138303grandness
haltless11308443haltless
handiness132110933handiness
handless123512063handless
hardiness132310353hardiness
harness102413933ha_rness
haziness20248513haziness
holiness112512503holiness
idleness936843idleness
illness736473_illness
jadedness1844693jadedness
kindness13236653kindness
laciness102112553laciness
lameness102612673lameness
landless94011173landless
lankness12237043lankness
lateness82614073lateness
laxness1436043la_xness
laziness17239983laziness
lewdness1254173lewdness
loudness937013loudness
malines93625603maline_s
maltiness112910573maltiness
manliness111310123manliness
matiness102114753matiness
mazedness2194573mazedness
maziness19239543maziness
mealiness11310063mealiness
moldiness12227053moldiness
nakedness1445043nakedness
oddness935313_oddness
oiliness8311563oiliness
ovalness1134673oval_ness
packness1636933packness
pallidness1343283pallidness
pardners11269193pardners
pastness102510503pastness
patness92912283pa_tness
rabidness12145263rabidness
raciness102413453raciness
randiness102511443randiness
rankness12267943rankness
rapidness12155473rapidness
raptness1046733raptness
rareness81112853rareness
rashness1138093rashness
rawness1038153ra_wness
realness8410443real_ness
redness82012443_redness
safeness11239633safeness
sageness92111983sageness
salines74029413saline_s
saltiness93312113saltiness
saltless8259343saltless
sameness102712683sameness
sandiness102111713sandiness
sandless93212343sandless
saneness82313723saneness
scaliness1149303scaliness
selfness1135153selfness
slyness1035263_slyness
smallness1174513smallness
soleness8814263soleness
solidness1036903solidness
staidness1037033staidness
staleness9310783staleness
talkiness1356913talkiness
tameness102411253tameness
tardiness10229913tardiness
tartness82210133tartness
tautness8217183tautness
ugliness936863ugliness
vainness1136063vainness
valines104520213valine_s
vapidness15144423vapidness
vastness11257293vastness
vileness1139983vileness
voidness1235553voidness
waeness102512783wa_eness
wanness102610683wa_nness
wardless12249303wardless
wardress12256163wardress
wariness11313213wariness
warmness1337063warmness
waviness1437723waviness
waxiness1836723waxiness
weldless12285813weldless
wellness1135793wellness
wiliness1139113wiliness
zaniness1738663zaniness

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit1461622598.45317291.1
3Display Results2592590.1102354.5
 (SQL Overall)1786912598.98319892.1
 
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