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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 “bale” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bale6635384(None) 
able66340531able
ale36572341_ale
babe86835811babe
bade75140881bade
bake105637511bake
bal56662721bal_
bald76432901bald
baled85436441baled
baler75635271baler
bales76250081bales
balk105132221balk
ball66043321ball
balm85534201balm
bals66354041bals
bane65250421bane
bare65460521bare
base64847021base
bate66552421bate
bile66147171bile
blae66134641blae
bole66448691bole
dale55643981dale
gale56347321gale
hale76052831hale
kale86533751kale
male66052291male
pale66055011pale
rale45050561rale
sale44959701sale
tale46154161tale
vale74937341vale
wale74546431wale

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 Filter178691139830.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit13983330.26652567.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691330.372480352.2
 
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