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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 “baldness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
baldness113704(None) 
badness1039571ba_dness
boldness1136971boldness
baldest102313532bald_est
baldies105317702baldie_s
baldnesses1337652baldnesses
balkiness1556902balkiness
balminess1356592balminess
baloneys1334662baloneys
bandiness122310242bandiness
bareness10912812bareness
baroness101210062baroness
baseness10910942baseness
bassness1096742bassness
bawdiness15235542bawdiness
blandness1235972blandness
calmness1236642calmness
coldness1137952coldness
gladness1036152gladness
haleness11312622haleness
halfness1435562halfness
hardness122411082hardness
madness10310072ma_dness
maleness10312312maleness
mildness1136522mildness
oldness836402_oldness
paleness10312992paleness
sadness8310612sa_dness
saltness82610242saltness
tallness837102tallness
validness13125362validness
wildness1236202wildness

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059323.89031120.6
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691324.26641887.2
 
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