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

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

58 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
ballad9431532(None) 
ballade104012561ballade
ballads104212911ballads
balled94926891balled
allay85620392_allay
allod64418382_allod
badland1147652badland
bailed94726652bailed
balas76937212ba_las
bald76432902ba_l_d
balded105417512balded
baled85436442ba_led
balked135219412balked
ball66043322ball__
ballades114211642ballades
balladic1345332balladic
balladry1444212balladry
ballast9313992ballast
baller83825202baller
ballet84733972ballet
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
balls76236412ball_s
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102ball_y
ballyard1445892ballyard
balsa77920412balsa_
balsam105612232balsam
balsas86417522balsas
bawled124415692bawled
beglad10138462beglad
belled94626182belled
billed94224902billed
bollard103210502bollard
bolled94722652bolled
bulla74620562bulla_
bullae83416162bullae
bulled94626492bulled
calla74827072calla_
callan83619602callan
callas84526752callas
called94126732called
fallal93612692fallal
galled84622862galled
hallah124115402hallah
hallal94415562hallal
lallan63414172lallan
lalland83810182lalland
lalled74218752lalled
mallard10310272mallard
malled94626112malled
palled94625162palled
pallid93915282pallid
salad65321832sa_lad
walla85321032walla_
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas
walled104021292walled

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551582.62331472.0
3Display Results58580.0163625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691582.98259923.2
 
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