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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 “hairballs” 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.

30 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
hairballs144384(None) 
hairball1344631hairball_
hairbands1544062hairbands
handballs15116182handballs
hardballs15115542hardballs
airbags1036293_airba_gs
airmails1045273_airmails
barbells12368823ba_rbells
baseballs1344783baseballs
carryalls1443523carryalls
chainfalls1852003chainfalls
fastballs1444443fastballs
fireballs14126493_fireballs
hairband1444573hairba_nd
haircaps15144363hairca_ps
handball1487033handball_
handbells1594363handbells
handbills15114743handbills
hardball14116303hardball_
harebells1444193harebells
hartals10313023ha_rta_ls
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
heelballs1443433heelballs
herbals122710603h_erba_ls
highballs1843643highballs
paintballs1442663paintballs
pinballs1246933_pinballs
rainfalls1244143rainfalls
sourballs1145233sourballs
spitballs1344073spitballs

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641307.40620070.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.84222786.4
 
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