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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 “ballyrag” 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.

34 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
ballyrag144343(None) 
ballyrags1543071ballyrags
bullyrag1443211bullyrag
ballyard1445892ballyard
bullyrags1542802bullyrags
lallygag1341902lallygag
wallydrag1751242wallydrag
allying113011663_allying
ballad94315323ball__ad
baller83825203baller__
ballers94421013baller_s
balling104424763ball_ing
ballpark1643753ballpark
bally105530103bally___
ballyards1544993ballyards
ballyhoo1643193ballyhoo
ballyragged1951283ballyragged
balmoral1244633balmoral
bellying14359073bellying
billycan1543223billycan
bullfrog1442363bullfrog
bullying14329293bullying
dallying13368493dallying
gallying13328933gallying
lallygags1451823lallygags
lollygag1341763lollygag
palmyra1444143palmyra_
palmyras1544033palmyras
rallying12289013rallying
sallying12309853sallying
scallywag1861373scallywag
tallying12318833tallying
tallyman1344213tallyman
wallydrags1851053wallydrags

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162347.09320606.5
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.52923733.7
 
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