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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 “baseball” 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.

38 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
baseball124562(None) 
baseballs1344781baseballs
basketball1851222basketball
blueball1244782blueball
fastball1344912fastball
ashfall1343943_ashfall
barbal104016663ba_rba_l
barbell11429963ba_rbell
bareback1846093bareback
basal75722283bas__a_l
basally1237963bas__ally
basalt83519583bas__alt
baseboard1445543baseboard
baseborn1244453baseborn
basely114412313base__ly
baseman1138553basema_n
basically1648033basically
basinal9310033basina_l
basketballs1951123basketballs
beachball1843463beachball
beanball1264673beanball
befall114410643b__efall
begall92610723b__egall
blackball1944523blackball
blowball1544153blowball
blueballs1344043blueballs
bluebell1243533bluebell
bluebill1243593bluebill
boxball18155323b_oxball
eyeball1245063_eyeball
fastballs1444443fastballs
fireball13127263fireball
greaseball1351243greaseball
hairball1344633hairball
handball1487033handball
hardball14116303hardball
harebell1344353harebell
pushball1543313pushball

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162386.89321204.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691387.34524328.3
 
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