Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bandsaws” 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.

65 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
bandsaws144462(None) 
bandsaw1334801bandsaw_
handsaws1545871handsaws
backsaws1946802backsaws
bandas95120542band_a_s
bandeaus1146502bandeaus
handsaw1435532handsaw_
backsaw1836203backsaw_
badass949293ba_d_ass
balsams11579013ba_lsams
balsas86417523ba_lsa_s
bananas93312223banana_s
banda85223113band_a__
bandage11311023band_age
bandages12310633bandages
bandaid11310483band_aid
bandana10179463band_ana
bandanas11178573bandanas
bandeau1038523bandea_u
bandeaux1843293bandeaux
banders104324563band_ers
bandies104124863band_ies
banditos11347633banditos
bandits103814793band_its
bandmate1347973bandmate
bandmates1447923bandmates
bandogs1138363band_ogs
bandoras1138743bandoras
bandores11311603bandores
bands85233433band___s
bandsman1346753bandsman
bandsmen1356453bandsmen
bandstand1343933bandstand
bandstands1443113bandstands
banians9312033ban_ians
banishes131812463banishes
banksias1445893banksias
bantams1149063ban_tams
banyans1237913ban_yans
banzais1837163ban_zais
bashaws15347713ba_shaws
bendays13327513bend_ays
bendways1743733bendways
bucksaws1943853bucksaws
hacksaws2043923hacksaws
handbags15116363handbags
handcars1437623handcars
handsels12317253handsels
handsets12258343handsets
handsewn1543623handsewn
hansas94616043han_sa_s
landaus8310343land_aus
landmass1144423landmass
pandas95521963pand_a_s
randans8313213rand_ans
sandals82715203sand_als
sandbags1296373sandbags
sandbars11108783sandbars
sanddabs1243903sanddabs
sandsoaps1243683sandsoaps
sansars73313913san_sars
undraws1136893_undraws
vandals113211663vand_als
vandas103915993vand_a_s
warsaws1335763wa_rsaws

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 Filter1786911461620.483369960.7
2DLD Change Limit146162658.61016975.8
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691659.12319586.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.