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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 “handball” 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.

69 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
handball148703(None) 
handballs15116181handballs
handbell14114521handbell
handbill14115161handbill
hardball14116301hardball
hairball1344632hairball
handbag1495862handba_g
handbags15116362handbags
handbells1594362handbells
handbills15114742handbills
handrail1247302handrail
hardballs15115542hardballs
landfall1244202landfall
baseball1245623baseball
beanball1264673bean_ball
fastball1344913fastball
gadwall1244563ga_dwall
hadal95518123ha_d_a_l
hairballs1443843hairballs
handax1749583hand_a_x
handbook1844733handbook
handcar1337373handca_r
handcars1437623handcars
handcart1449323handcart
handclap1643653handclap
handfast1546733handfast
handful14127253hand_ful
handfuls15115753handfuls
handheld1644463handheld
handhold1645633handhold
handily143610873hand_ily
handle104219293hand__le
handmade1545963handmade
handmaid1546133handmaid
handrails1346513handrails
handsaw1435533handsa_w
handsaws1545873handsaws
handsel11308723hand_sel
handsels12317243handsels
handsful1544083handsful
hangable1438213hangable
hangnail1253663hangnail
hardback2045633hardback
harebell1344353harebell
hawkbill2042223hawkbill
heelball1343893heelball
highball1743893highball
holdall1145473hold_all
landfalls1343813landfalls
landfill1253883landfill
mandala10310213mand_ala
mandrill1146613mandrill
oddball1143773_oddball
paintball1342663paintball
pinball1137933pin_ball
roundball1243313roundball
sandable111612823sandable
sandal73317283sand_a_l
sandals82715203sand_als
sandbag11106243sandba_g
sandbags1296373sandbags
sandbank1544873sandbank
sandbar10108193sandba_r
sandbars11108783sandbars
vandal103713833vand_a_l
vandals113211663vand_als
windbell1443083windbell
windfall1544203windfall
windgall1343853windgall

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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162697.26620115.9
3Display Results69690.0332090.9
 (SQL Overall)178691697.70223200.6
 
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