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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 “balds” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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252 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
balds8552464(None) 
bads77048861ba_ds
balas76937211balas
bald76432901bald_
baldy115518931baldy
bales76250081bales
balks114926291balks
balls76236411balls
balms95723921balms
bals66354041bal_s
bands85233421bands
bards87139641bards
bauds85821041bauds
bawds116115491bawds
bolds85825281bolds
aals49941142aal_s
ables75935542ables
adds67622452_adds
ads49755732_a_ds
aids57846362_aids
alas46358122_alas
albs68628572_albs
ales47067102_ales
alls46740922_alls
alms65834922_alms
alps65529242_alps
als36663022_al_s
alts46639902_alts
ands57833612_ands
baals76122702baals
baas66844672ba_as
babas96325732babas
babes95834112babes
babus95620332babus
backs135729622backs
bad67763152ba_d_
baddy125016022baddy
bade75140882ba_de
badly114918762badly
baffs134718052baffs
bags76645502ba_gs
bahts105617802bahts
bails75933522bails
baits76630582baits
bakes117035372bakes
bal56662722bal__
balded105417512balded
balder95318862balder
baldest102313532baldest
baldies105317702baldies
baldish1339502baldish
baldly12479832baldly
bale66353842bal_e
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
balers85626932balers
balk105132222bal_k
balky145418242balky
ball66043322bal_l
ballads104212912ballads
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102bally
balm85534202bal_m
balmy125217472balmy
balsa77920412balsa
balsas86417522balsas
bams87044452ba_ms
band76740912band_
banda85223102banda
bandas95120542bandas
bandy114824182bandy
banes74945582banes
bangs85627772bangs
banks115527902banks
banns75321232banns
bans66555142ba_ns
baps86040842ba_ps
barbs95928192barbs
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bardes95026932bardes
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128462barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092ba_rs
bas58681752ba__s
bases75644352bases
basis75429862basis
basks115621762basks
bass66146782ba_ss
basts75936932basts
bates75846342bates
baths105922922baths
bats66962332ba_ts
batts76727562batts
baud74928422baud_
baulks12429372baulks
bawd105520842bawd_
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawls105719322bawls
bays97143912ba_ys
beads85429502beads
beards94116672beards
beds75937782b_eds
bells76432162bells
bels66142492bel_s
belts75931162belts
bends85628972bends
bialis83617162bialis
bialys11387912bialys
bids75838452b_ids
bields94110002bields
biles75542142biles
bilks115117892bilks
bills75632862bills
binds86627472binds
birds85421332birds
blabs95619632blabs
blade85923332blade
blades95221252blades
blahs105616512blahs
blams95023852blams
blats75132502blats
blaws105620462blaws
boards94616932boards
bods76244712b_ods
bolas74733762bolas
bold75432812bold_
boles75448602boles
bolls75531312bolls
bolos75531372bolos
bolts76232112bolts
bolus79125542bolus
bonds86126842bonds
brads85528292brads
braids95015692braids
brands95118942brands
buds75235172b_uds
builds9378492builds
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulks115920612bulks
bulls75629572bulls
bunds85523542bunds
burds84626062burds
cads76144522ca_ds
caids85226422caids
calfs104919382calfs
calks115421602calks
calls75634732calls
calms95222352calms
calos74431902calos
cards85137932cards
caulds95512382caulds
clads85722732clads
colds85726972colds
dads67442772da_ds
dales66439742dales
dals57145122dal_s
elds56324852_elds
fads86939872fa_ds
falls85727652falls
fards96629842fards
faulds10438962faulds
folds95221692folds
gads67843382ga_ds
galas65731642galas
gales65442482gales
galls64729322galls
gals57946502gal_s
gauds75717722gauds
gelds75118342gelds
gilds75417522gilds
glads75620612glads
golds75421312golds
hales85449842hales
halids104016132halids
halls85633782halls
halms105225212halms
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hands95327382hands
hards96435652hards
holds94623242holds
kales95730982kales
lads56549132la_ds
lalls55324132lalls
lands65426902lands
lards65331862lards
lauds65618482lauds
mads76845372ma_ds
maids86327142maids
males75049792males
malls76233432malls
malms95021552malms
malts76331752malts
mauds85519272mauds
melds84822382melds
milds86422052milds
molds85324832molds
nalas55528362nalas
naleds7469132naleds
nards65928462nards
olds55926572_olds
pads76742952pa_ds
pales75753802pales
palls74332562palls
palms94921752palms
palps94719562palps
pals66951352pal_s
pards85634332pards
qaids156116312qaids
rads56046602ra_ds
raids65827512raids
rales54947492rales
rands65930452rands
ribalds10236672ribalds
saids65328852saids
salads75316962salads
sales56055592sales
salps74423242salps
sals46851672sal_s
salts55431882salts
sands65228582sands
sards64736182sards
scalds94813692scalds
silds65520522silds
skalds11437832skalds
tads57143942ta_ds
talas55935892talas
talcs74817182talcs
tales55451372tales
talks94322692talks
talls55133432talls
talus55423262talus
vales85434262vales
velds95615582velds
wads87343142wa_ds
wales86142832wales
walks126218502walks
walls85529382walls
wands96425482wands
wards97734402wards
wealds10459102wealds
welds94719162welds
wilds94818202wilds
woalds10427582woalds
wolds95420182wolds
yald86920612yald_
yards95324612yards
yauds95013222yauds

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002521.65632487.9
3Display Results2522520.0604200.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912522.01288812.6
 
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