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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 “ballyhoos” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

25 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
ballyhoos174309(None) 
ballyhoo1643191ballyhoo_
ballyhooed1951682ballyhooed
tallyhos1443332tallyh_os
babyhood1953103ba_byhood
babyhoods2042913ba_byhoods
ballons93916953ball__ons
balloon93711433ball__oon
balloons103110503ball_oons
ballots94116033ball__ots
ballroom1245023ball_room
ballrooms1344143ballrooms
ballyards1544993ballyards
ballyhooing2071383ballyhooing
ballyrags1543073ballyrags
bellhops1544873bell_hops
billhook1743653bill_hook
billhooks1843223bill_hooks
bullshots1443173bullshots
bullyboys1942263bullyboys
callaloos1144223callaloos
halloos103716743hall__oos
tallyho1343043tallyh_o_
tallyhoed1642113tallyhoed
wallaroos1244113wallaroos

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 Filter1786911486410.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit148641258.47017549.1
3Display Results25250.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691258.64320674.7
 
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