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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 “balmy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

105 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
balmy12521747(None) 
baldy115518931baldy
balky145418241balky
bally105530101bally
balm85534201balm_
balms95723921balms
barmy125218761barmy
malmy124816341malmy
palmy126016731palmy
ably99725132abl_y
alky115920342_alky
ally76935642_ally
alma66333022_alma
alme65832162_alme
alms65834922_alms
army96624182_army
baby116723682ba_by
baddy125016022baddy
badly114918762badly
baffy165511922baffy
baggy125615682baggy
bailey115015672bailey
bal56662722bal__
balas76937212balas
bald76432902bal_d
baldly12479832baldly
balds85524642balds
bale66353842bal_e
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
bales76250082bales
balk105132222bal_k
balks114926292balks
ball66043322bal_l
balls76236412balls
ballsy11508872ballsy
balmily14216462balmily
bals66354042bal_s
balsa77920412balsa
bam78560142ba_m_
bams87044452ba_ms
bandy114824182bandy
banty106624002banty
barky145721612barky
barley115116762barley
barm86739602barm_
barms96128462barms
barny105821732barny
bassy1012917102bassy
batty105422242batty
baulky15446312baulky
bawdy147513282bawdy
bawty135614102bawty
bay89661642ba__y
beamy126218572beamy
belay105021522belay
belly104625492belly
bialy105119322bial_y
bilby124912352bilby
bilgy114713712bilgy
billy105525362billy
blam86131702blam_
blame95625492blame
blams95023852blams
blimy125212822blimy
boomy125421822boomy
bulgy115214102bulgy
bulky146215572bulky
bully105124812bully
calm85032362calm_
calmly1337612calmly
calms95222352calms
dally95324742dally
elmy95616792_elmy
filmy136114042filmy
flamy135217472flamy
gally95026172gally
gammy135514892gammy
gamy105427532ga_my
halm95834972halm_
halma108219252halma
halms105225212halms
hammy155113432hammy
haulmy14455552haulmy
jammy194810192jammy
malm85129982malm_
malms95021552malms
malty106721702malty
mammy115215162mammy
pally105727122pally
palm85331362palm_
palms94921752palms
palsy105417462palsy
paly95835532pal_y
qualmy20285802qualmy
rally84725902rally
rammy124312492rammy
sally85129712sally
salmi7815862salmi
salty85524382salty
talky126215682talky
tally84526862tally
tammy124013222tammy
wally114625092wally
waly105830902wal_y

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538001051.45337026.8
3Display Results1051050.0333181.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911051.782100275.5
 
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