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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 “balkinesses” 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.

25 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
balkinesses176750(None) 
balminesses1537251balminesses
bulkinesses1786481bulkinesses
talkinesses1537351talkinesses
bagginesses1545952bagginesses
baldnesses1337652bal_dnesses
balkiness1556902balkine_s_s
bandinesses14109732bandinesses
battinesses13169452battinesses
bawdinesses17126322bawdinesses
boskinesses17136812boskinesses
bulginesses1466132bulginesses
cakinesses16310612ca_kinesses
flakinesses1837072flakinesses
gawkinesses1935632gawkinesses
lankinesses1539012lankinesses
larkinesses1538992larkinesses
maltinesses13310232maltinesses
milkinesses1786792milkinesses
pawkinesses2036152pawkinesses
saltinesses11311452saltinesses
silkinesses1557902silkinesses
sulkinesses1557722sulkinesses
tackinesses1737252tackinesses
wackinesses2036652wackinesses

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 Filter178691868080.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit86808252.18639710.9
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691252.57869313.8
 
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