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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 “balls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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299 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
balls7623641(None) 
alls46740921_alls
baals76122701baals
bails75933521bails
balas76937211balas
balds85524641balds
bales76250081bales
balks114926291balks
ball66043321ball_
ballsy11508871ballsy
bally105530101bally
balms95723921balms
bals66354041ba_ls
bawls105719321bawls
bells76432161bells
bills75632861bills
bolls75531311bolls
bulls75629571bulls
calls75634731calls
falls85727651falls
galls64729321galls
halls85633781halls
lalls55324131lalls
malls76233431malls
palls74332561palls
talls55133431talls
walls85529381walls
aals49941142_aals
ables75935542ables
ails45654712_ails
alas46358122_alas
albs68628572_albs
ales47067102_ales
all36148232_all_
ally76935642_ally
alms65834922_alms
alps65529242_alps
als36663022_a_ls
alts46639902_alts
awls75926092_awls
baal67033112baal_
baas66844672ba_as
babas96325732babas
babels105216722babels
babes95834112babes
babuls105413642babuls
babus95620332babus
backs135729622backs
badly114918762badly
bads77048862ba_ds
baffs134718052baffs
bagels95712312bagels
bags76645502ba_gs
bahts105617802bahts
bail65042802bail_
baits76630582baits
bakes117035372bakes
bal56662722ba_l_
bald76432902ba_ld
baldly12479832baldly
baldy115518932baldy
bale66353842ba_le
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
balers85626932balers
balk105132222ba_lk
balky145418242balky
ballad94315322ballad
ballads104212912ballads
ballast9313992ballast
balled94926892balled
baller83825202baller
ballers94421012ballers
ballet84733972ballet
ballets93719512ballets
ballies93725742ballies
ballon84117492ballon
ballons93916962ballons
ballot84624092ballot
ballots94116032ballots
balm85534202ba_lm
balmy125217472balmy
balsa77920412balsa
balsas86417522balsas
bams87044452ba_ms
bands85233432bands
banes74945582banes
bangs85627782bangs
banks115527902banks
banns75321232banns
bans66555142ba_ns
baps86040842ba_ps
barbs95928192barbs
bards87139642bards
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barms96128462barms
barns76335142barns
bars66564092ba_rs
bas58681752ba__s
bases75644352bases
basils85717472basils
basis75429862basis
basks115621762basks
bass66146782ba_ss
basts75936932basts
bates75846342bates
baths105922922baths
bats66962332ba_ts
batts76727562batts
bauds85821042bauds
baulk114914332baulk
baulks12429372baulks
bawds116115492bawds
bawl95326062bawl_
bays97143912ba_ys
befalls12349122befalls
begalls10319162begalls
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
belles85325992belles
belly104625492belly
bels66142492b_els
belts75931162belts
bialis83617162bialis
bialys11387912bialys
biles75542142biles
bilks115117892bilks
bill67239942bill_
billy105525362billy
birls74023162birls
blabs95619632blabs
blahs105616512blahs
blams95023852blams
blats75132502blats
blaws105620462blaws
boils75427192boils
bolas74733762bolas
bolds85825282bolds
boles75448602boles
boll65634752boll_
bolos75531372bolos
bolts76232112bolts
bolus79125542bolus
bowls106121432bowls
brails84621292brails
brawls115214332brawls
brills84916292brills
buhls105111802buhls
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulks115920612bulks
bull65634872bull_
bulla74620562bulla
bully105124812bully
burls74228852burls
byrls105711232byrls
calfs104919382calfs
calks115421602calks
call66838672call_
calla74827072calla
callas84526752callas
callus85317072callus
calms95222352calms
calos74431902calos
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cells75428062cells
culls75425812culls
dahls95012282dahls
dales66439742dales
dalles74222062dalles
dally95324742dally
dals57145122da_ls
dells66630942dells
dills65530972dills
dolls66126922dolls
dulls64523742dulls
earls56127512earls
ells46431352_ells
fails85631482fails
fall75535312fall_
farls85731112farls
fells85327382fells
fills84632372fills
fulls84623522fulls
galas65731642galas
gales65442482gales
gall56335992gall_
gallus74313202gallus
gally95026172gally
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
gills64728192gills
gulls65222982gulls
hails85231642hails
halals95018312halals
hales85449842hales
hall75741162hall_
hallo85127552hallo
hallos95425102hallos
halms105225212halms
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
harls85634502harls
hauls86123732hauls
hells85032042hells
hills85431352hills
hulls84923562hulls
ills47030422_ills
jails125422942jails
jarls126120962jarls
jells125522162jells
jills125122822jills
kails95525212kails
kales95730982kales
kills94526172kills
lall45531312lall_
lolls512121732lolls
lulls54119652lulls
maills84215282maills
mails76037782mails
males75049792males
mall64639372mall_
malms95021552malms
malts76331752malts
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mells75031332mells
mills75435052mills
molls75129782molls
mulls75124152mulls
nails55730402nails
nalas55528362nalas
nills54926672nills
nulls55019982nulls
pails75833062pails
pales75753802pales
pall65039342pall_
pally105727122pally
palms94921752palms
palps94719562palps
pals66951352pa_ls
pawls105617662pawls
pills74130972pills
polls74627722polls
pulls74425052pulls
rails55937402rails
rales54947492rales
rally84725902rally
rills55032712rills
rolls55326232rolls
sails55738102sails
salals65120082salals
sales56055592sales
sall44544682sall_
sally85129712sally
salols64017872salols
salps74423242salps
sals46851672sa_ls
salts55431882salts
sauls55128122sauls
scalls84218202scalls
sells55134432sells
sills55135992sills
smalls84514122smalls
spalls84217342spalls
stalls64019932stalls
taels56822072taels
tails55634192tails
talas55935892talas
talcs74817182talcs
tales55451372tales
talks94322692talks
tall47240212tall_
tallis63319962tallis
tally84526862tally
talus55423262talus
tells55828942tells
tills54631712tills
tolls54728432tolls
vails85825932vails
vales85434262vales
vills86429322vills
wails86631482wails
wales86142832wales
walks126218502walks
wall76236102wall_
walla85321032walla
wallas95719392wallas
wally114625092wally
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
wells85426192wells
wills84528962wills
yawls114613602yawls
yells85821942yells
yills83921552yills
zills144020782zills

Search took 10 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 Filter178691538000.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit538002997.7966901.0
3Display Results2992990.423706.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912998.70220534.5
 
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