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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 “balm” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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233 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
balm8553420(None) 
bal56662721bal_
bald76432901bald
bale66353841bale
balk105132221balk
ball66043321ball
balms95723921balms
balmy125217471balmy
bals66354041bals
bam78560141ba_m
barm86739601barm
blam86131701blam
calm85032361calm
halm95834971halm
malm85129971malm
palm85331361palm
aal39058672aal_
aals49941142aals
able66340532able
ably99725132ably
aim57858212_aim
al210674042_al_
ala312463602_ala
alb57342652_alb
ale36572342_ale
all36148232_all
alma66333022_alma
alme65832162_alme
alms65834922_alms
alp56641132_alp
als36663022_als
alt36467962_alt
alum65227612_alum
am411875562_a_m
arm58449622_arm
ba49962342ba__
baa510650422ba_a
baal67033112baal
baalim1038472baalim
baals76122702baals
baas66844672baas
baba88828342baba
babe86835812babe
babu85829222babu
baby116723672baby
bach116131392bach
back125535762back
bad67763152ba_d
bade75140882bade
badly114918762badly
bads77048862bads
baff124632262baff
bag67059222ba_g
bags76645502bags
bah87755352ba_h
baht96740012baht
bail65042802bail
bails75933522bails
bait66556002bait
bake105637512bake
balas76937212balas
balds85524642balds
baldy115518932baldy
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balks114926292balks
balky145418242balky
balls76236412balls
bally105530102bally
balsa77920412balsa
balsam105612232balsam
bams87044452bams
ban58366832ba_n
band76740902band
bane65250422bane
bang74836992bang
bani65334952bani
bank105835742bank
bans66555132bans
bap76455842ba_p
baps86040842baps
bar58070552ba_r
barb85240062barb
bard75648862bard
bare65460522bare
barf95844402barf
bark106242152bark
barms96128462barms
barmy125218762barmy
barn66444642barn
bars66564092bars
bas58681752ba_s
base64847022base
bash915240162bash
bask105131422bask
bass66146782bass
bast66362412bast
bat510988952ba_t
bate66552422bate
bath95940082bath
bats66962332bats
batt65053872batt
baud74928422baud
baulk114914332baulk
bawd105520842bawd
bawl95326062bawl
bawls105719322bawls
bay89661642ba_y
bays97143912bays
beam86939232beam
becalm1239202becalm
bel57148462bel_
bell66237182bell
bels66142492bels
belt65754032belt
berm86732752berm
biali73419072biali
bialy105119322bialy
bile66147172bile
bilk105824412bilk
bill67239932bill
blab86629132blab
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blame95625492blame
blams95023852blams
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bola66035562bola
bold75432812bold
bole66448692bole
boll65634752boll
bolo65535952bolo
bolt66254172bolt
boom87435672boom
brim85629372brim
bulb85626692bulb
bulk105426152bulk
bull65634872bull
bum75342692b_um
calf96339562calf
calk105527662calk
call66838672call
calms95222352calms
calo64936442calo
calx135722792calx
cam78058982ca_m
clam86332292clam
culm85822382culm
dal47554952dal_
dale55643982dale
dals57145122dals
dam67457042da_m
elm57531742_elm
embalm1236642embalm
fall75535312fall
falx147120782falx
farm95934532farm
film94828172film
flam96333292flam
gal46055512gal_
gala55635162gala
gale56347322gale
gall56335992gall
gals57946502gals
gam67060062ga_m
gaum75726422gaum
glam76529342glam
haem95730982haem
hale76052832hale
half106238452half
hall75741162hall
halma108219252halma
halms105225212halms
halo76437322halo
halt76056302halt
ham86363282ha_m
harm95637792harm
haulm104415412haulm
helm95530022helm
holm95628102holm
imbalm1246302imbalm
jam126942522ja_m
kalam11315112kalam
kale86533752kale
lall45531312lall
lam57666712la_m
maim85831472maim
male66052292male
mall64639362mall
malms95021552malms
malmy124816342malmy
malt66254802malt
nala46930392nala
nam55953392na_m
pal56761672pal_
pale66055012pale
pall65039342pall
palms94921752palms
palmy126016732palmy
palp85828572palp
pals66951352pals
paly95835532paly
pam77858392pa_m
psalm949272psalm
qualm163511182qualm
rale45050562rale
ram56867272ra_m
realm75621622realm
sal36462882sal_
sale44959702sale
sall44544682sall
salmi7815862salmi
salp64534092salp
sals46851672sals
salt45758522salt
slam67737972slam
tala45938052tala
talc66226812talc
tale46154162tale
tali46837162tali
talk86230092talk
tall47240212tall
tam58663422ta_m
vale74937342vale
wale74546432wale
walk115625612walk
wall76236102wall
waly105830902waly
warm95935672warm
yald86920602yald
yam87448992ya_m

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 Filter178691298720.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit298722332.20313559.7
3Display Results2332330.1102118.2
 (SQL Overall)1786912332.46972373.8
 
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