Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ballgame” 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.

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
ballgame134365(None) 
ballgames1443571ballgames
ballade104012562ball_ade
ablegate1147253ablegate
aflame1138723_afl_ame
algae65319623_a_lga_e
allogamy1443993_allogamy
baggage1235633ba_ggage
baldpate1345483baldpate
ballad94315323ball_a_d
ballades114211643ball_ades
ballads104212913ball_ads
ballast9313993ball_ast
ballhawk2042143ballhawk
ballonne1045243ballonne
ballpark1643753ballpark
ballute938543ball_ute
ballyard1445893ballyard
balsam105612233ba_lsam_
balsamed1344543ba_lsamed
balsams11579013ba_lsams
beldame1237233b_eldame
blame95625493b__l_ame
bullace113410673bull_ace
bullae83416163bull_a_e
bullate93415073bull_ate
gallate83417133gall_ate
palliate10311893palliate
tailgate946823tailgate
tallage82712073tall_age
tollgate946253tollgate
vallate103016563vall_ate

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162326.73321708.3
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.20224811.3
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.