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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 “lowball” 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.

73 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
lowball127550(None) 
blowball1544151blowball
lowballs1364391lowballs
blowballs1643582blowballs
boxball18155322boxball
cowbell1445222cowbell
lowballed1542052lowballed
snowball13114942snowball
ball66043323___ball
blowback2143993blowback
blueball1244783blueball
boxballs19144233boxballs
cobalt10317393co_balt
cornball1247053cornball
cowbane1437673cowbane
cowbells1544993cowbells
dewfall1453763dewfall
dowable13189453dowable
downfall1543633downfall
eyeball1245063eyeball
foosball1344083foosball
football1345613football
forkball1744823forkball
global937663glo_ba_l
globally1444613glo_bally
goofball1443273goofball
gumball1266833gumball
holdall1145473holdall
inwall938343inw_all
lall45531313l___all
lobar7313013lo_ba_r
lobate82915243lo_bate
lobule82910063lo_bule
local74820273lo_ca_l
locale83915653lo_cale
locally12179723lo_cally
locals83714503lo_cals
logroll844263logroll
loll46128383lo___ll
loral55927823lo_ra_l
loreal63814313lorea_l
losable91910953losable
lovable12179553lovable
lovably15187063lovably
lowballing1642273lowballing
lowborn1245143lowborn
lowboy1435903lowb_oy
lowboys1534213lowboys
lowbred13225363lowbred
lowbrow1543273lowbrow
lowland1134693lowland
lowlily1335353lowlily
lowly114113333low__ly
loyal84513483lo_ya_l
loyally13126843lo_yally
mothball1543893mothball
oddball1143773oddball
pinball1137933pinball
plowable1535913plowable
plowback2143303plowback
robalo838933ro_balo
rowable121510303rowable
sawbill1255293sawbill
snowballs14114463snowballs
snowbell13113593snowbell
snowfall14133303snowfall
softball1344203softball
sourball1045363sourball
sowable121610753sowable
sowbelly1643873sowbelly
tombal102311023tomba_l
towable121910113towable
wall76236103__w_all

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 Filter1786911340270.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit134027736.83019623.3
3Display Results73730.0302433.3
 (SQL Overall)178691737.28024545.5
 
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