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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 “hails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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261 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hails8523164(None) 
ails45654711_ails
bails75933521bails
fails85631481fails
haiks125120931haiks
hail74839061hail_
hairs86225171hairs
halls85633781halls
harls85634501harls
hauls86123731hauls
heils85222191heils
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037781mails
nails55730401nails
pails75833061pails
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails
aals49941142_aals
ahis76135382ahi_s
aids57846362_aids
ail37171042_ail_
aims67738182_aims
ains46158882_ains
airs46447422_airs
ais39083572_ai_s
aits46355532_aits
alls46740922_alls
als36663022_a_ls
anils56326722anils
arils58732202arils
avails939692avails
awls75926092_awls
axils127217502axils
baals76122702baals
bail65042802bail_
baits76630582baits
balls76236412balls
bals66354042ba_ls
basils85717472basils
bawls105719322bawls
boils75427192boils
brails84621292brails
caids85226422caids
cains75334302cains
calls75634732calls
carls77037422carls
cauls75727772cauls
cavils114014392cavils
ceils75019402ceils
chains114819702chains
chairs114916182chairs
chais107530312chai_s
coils75030082coils
dahls95012282dahls
daily95922332daily
dais57040702dai_s
dals57145122da_ls
deils65722862deils
dhals95415442dha_ls
dials64925342dials
drails74716952drails
earls56127512earls
emails84412342emails
evils84114262evils
fail74840242fail_
fairs85825442fairs
falls85727652falls
farls85731112farls
fils75838692_fils
flails94313002flails
foils85025812foils
frails93716472frails
gaily95020972gaily
gains65729512gains
gaits65726012gaits
galls64729322galls
gals57946502ga_ls
gaols66717572gaols
grails77518782grails
haafs115711162haafs
haars85620472haars
habile11515212habile
habits113014652habits
habus106317142habus
hacks144928712hacks
hades96035112hades
haems105517012haems
haes77651022ha_es
haets86525122haets
hafts116219462hafts
hags86740842ha_gs
hahas117118442hahas
hahs108333362ha_hs
haik115526982hai_k
haika125313792haika
haiku126113692haiku
haikus13538292haikus
hailed104122742hailed
hailer94720342hailer
hailers104017262hailers
haint85436322haint
haints94417582haints
hair76330142hai_r
hairy115316832hairy
hajes155420942hajes
hajis156716282hajis
hakes126034302hakes
hakims1537302hakims
hakus125114112hakus
halals95018312halals
hale76052832ha_le
hales85449842hales
half106238452ha_lf
halid94424982halid
halids104016132halids
hall75741162ha_ll
hallo85127552hallo
hallos95425102hallos
halm95834972ha_lm
halms105225212halms
halo76437322ha_lo
halos85230252halos
halt76056302ha_lt
halts85230102halts
hamals114816832hamals
hames106138702hames
hams96446132ha_ms
hands95327382hands
hangs95726722hangs
hanks126226862hanks
hants86335402hants
haole84820082haole
haoles94919802haoles
haply135915062haply
haps96443462ha_ps
hards96435652hards
hares86255542hares
harks126333432harks
harl75740002harl_
harms106829012harms
harps105926872harps
harts88441592harts
has67372652ha__s
hasps105114642hasps
hates86742572hates
hats76858252ha_ts
haul75530452haul_
haulm104415412haulm
haulms11558502haulms
haves116034872haves
hawks155415702hawks
haws106439442ha_ws
hays106138072ha_ys
hazels185710082hazels
hazes174928322hazes
hazily2179062hazily
heals85733462heals
heels85625532heels
heil76328932heil_
heirs85618562heirs
hells85032042hells
herls85226432herls
hies74842832h_ies
hila76228352h_ila
hili75626632h_ili
hill76439492h_ill
hills85431352hills
hilt75850712h_ilt
hilts86924412h_ilts
hilus84817642h_ilus
hims95230972h_ims
hins76447992h_ins
hips96433702h_ips
his66359502h_i_s
hiss75629212h_iss
hits75545132h_its
hols76946292h_ols
howls116219222howls
hulls84923562hulls
hurls86522712hurls
jail115529092jail_
jarls126120962jarls
kaifs125715642kaifs
kail85131492kail_
kains96125642kains
laics76419252laics
lairs55425872lairs
lalls55324132lalls
maids86327142maids
mail65543452mail_
maile75232222maile
mailes84329112mailes
maill74420792maill
maills84215282maills
maims96321792maims
mains75635112mains
mairs76228302mairs
malls76233432malls
marls75535162marls
mauls76524952mauls
mils66045332_mils
moils76125752moils
naifs87617422naifs
nail45838652nail_
nils46132452_nils
noils55024332noils
oils46337972_oils
paiks114719852paiks
pail66141832pail_
pains75138282pains
pairs75325832pairs
palls74332562palls
pals66951352pa_ls
pawls105617662pawls
phials1158872phials
qaids156116312qaids
quails153412642quails
raias54631122raias
raids65827512raids
rail46147762rail_
rains55140232rains
rais45252622rai_s
rials55026672rials
roils54826792roils
saids65328852saids
sail45447162sail_
sains55639972sains
sals46851672sa_ls
sauls55128122sauls
shauls94913112shauls
shawls125411972shawls
sials54227242sials
snails64816652snails
soils55327982soils
spails84817822spails
swails94913122swails
taels56822072taels
tail45443652tail_
tains54936322tains
talls55133432talls
tils45739612_tils
toils54527492toils
trails64622512trails
vail75432552vail_
vairs85019132vairs
vakils1337592vakils
veils84918802veils
vials85822382vials
waifs115719872waifs
wail75238822wail_
wains86930872wains
wairs86424062wairs
waits88333522waits
walls85529382walls
wauls86120552wauls
wawls115416472wawls
yawls114613602yawls

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit538002611.67332157.8
3Display Results2612610.0634142.9
 (SQL Overall)1786912612.03287938.5
 
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