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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 “balmier” 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.

53 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
balmier11381151(None) 
balkier134111981balkier
barmier114313041barmier
malmier113611951malmier
palmier113312171palmier
almner85710722_almner
babier103515572ba_bier
baggier113611642baggier
balder95318862bal_der
baldies105317702baldies
baler75635272bal__er
balker124519162bal_ker
baller83825202bal_ler
ballies93725742ballies
ballsier1036522ballsier
balmiest124110992balmiest
balmily14216462balmily
barkier133814482barkier
barmie103816392barmie_
barnier93213672barnier
barrier94017732barrier
battier93515712battier
baulkier1433532baulkier
bawdier13378202bawdier
beamier113411942beamier
belier84423562bel_ier
bilgier10358532bilgier
blamer104417142blam_er
boomier113312182boomier
bulgier103911212bulgier
bulkier134111512bulkier
bullier94116432bullier
calmer105216932calm_er
dallier84215372dallier
elmier839812_elmier
filmier1237502filmier
flamier123112142flamier
gamier93617932ga_mier
gammier123711192gammier
hammier143510652hammier
haulmier1333142haulmier
jammier18408022jammier
maltier93015482maltier
palier85023562pal_ier
pallier94417162pallier
palmer105816542palm_er
qualmier1934562qualmier
rallier73816272rallier
rammier112811022rammier
sallier73320422sallier
saltier74318632saltier
talkier114011842talkier
tallier72817212tallier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671533.51630623.2
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691533.91945596.1
 
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