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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 “balms” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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206 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
balms9572392(None) 
alms65834921_alms
balas76937211balas
balds85524641balds
bales76250081bales
balks114926291balks
balls76236411balls
balm85534201balm_
balmy125217471balmy
bals66354041bal_s
bams87044451ba_ms
barms96128461barms
blams95023851blams
calms95222351calms
halms105225211halms
malms95021551malms
palms94921751palms
aals49941142aal_s
ables75935542ables
aims67738192_aims
alas46358122_alas
albs68628572_albs
ales47067102_ales
alls46740922_alls
alma66333022_alma
almas76629772_almas
alme65832162_alme
almes75126542_almes
alps65529242_alps
als36663022_al_s
alts46639902_alts
alums75720602_alums
arms66137492_arms
baals76122702baals
baas66844672ba_as
babas96325732babas
babes95834112babes
babus95620332babus
backs135729622backs
bads77048872ba_ds
baffs134718052baffs
bags76645502ba_gs
bahts105617802bahts
bails75933522bails
baits76630582baits
bakes117035372bakes
bal56662722bal__
bald76432902bal_d
baldy115518932baldy
bale66353842bal_e
baled85436442baled
baler75635272baler
balers85626932balers
balk105132222bal_k
balky145418242balky
ball66043322bal_l
ballsy11508872ballsy
bally105530102bally
balsa77920412balsa
balsams11579012balsams
balsas86417522balsas
bam78560142ba_m_
bands85233432bands
banes74945582banes
bangs85627782bangs
banks115527902banks
banns75321232banns
bans66555142ba_ns
baps86040842ba_ps
barbs95928192barbs
bards87139642bards
bares75457132bares
barfs104826002barfs
barks115735812barks
barm86739602barm_
barmy125218762barmy
barns76335142barns
bars66564092ba_rs
bas58681752ba__s
bases75644352bases
basis75429862basis
basks115621762basks
bass66146782ba_ss
basts75936932basts
bates75846342bates
baths105922922baths
bats66962332ba_ts
batts76727562batts
bauds85821042bauds
baulks12429372baulks
bawds116115492bawds
bawls105719322bawls
bays97143912ba_ys
beams95328172beams
becalms1335742becalms
bells76432162bells
bels66142492bel_s
belts75931162belts
berms95323662berms
bialis83617162bialis
bialys11387912bialys
biles75542142biles
bilks115117892bilks
bills75632862bills
blabs95619632blabs
blahs105616512blahs
blam86131702blam_
blame95625492blame
blames105121862blames
blats75132502blats
blaws105620462blaws
bolas74733762bolas
bolds85825282bolds
boles75448602boles
bolls75531312bolls
bolos75531372bolos
bolts76232112bolts
bolus79125542bolus
booms95427122booms
brims94721622brims
bulbs96016932bulbs
bulks115920612bulks
bulls75629572bulls
bums85934592b_ums
calfs104919382calfs
calks115421602calks
calls75634732calls
calm85032362calm_
calos74431902calos
cams87047282ca_ms
clams95127672clams
culms95314192culms
dales66439742dales
dals57145122dal_s
dams77444372da_ms
elms67322702_elms
embalms1335332embalms
falls85727652falls
farms106324952farms
films105617962films
flams105125012flams
galas65731642galas
gales65442482gales
galls64729322galls
gals57946502gal_s
gams76648882ga_ms
gaums86217072gaums
glams85822932glams
haems105517012haems
hales85449842hales
halls85633782halls
halm95834972halm_
halma108219252halma
halmas117017892halmas
halos85230252halos
halts85230102halts
hams96446132ha_ms
harms106829012harms
haulms11558502haulms
helms105619462helms
holms105117802holms
imbalms1334552imbalms
jams135231072ja_ms
kalams12310602kalams
kales95730982kales
lalls55324132lalls
lams66552262la_ms
maims96321792maims
males75049792males
malls76233432malls
malm85129982malm_
malmy124816342malmy
malts76331752malts
nalas55528362nalas
pales75753802pales
palls74332562palls
palm85331362palm_
palmy126016732palmy
palps94719562palps
pals66951352pal_s
pams85641762pa_ms
psalms1045672psalms
qualms17317242qualms
rales54947492rales
rams65950772ra_ms
realms84913492realms
sales56055592sales
salmi7815862salmi
salmis8514272salmis
salps74423242salps
sals46851672sal_s
salts55431882salts
slams74927902slams
talas55935892talas
talcs74817182talcs
tales55451372tales
talks94322692talks
talls55133432talls
talus55423262talus
tams67247932ta_ms
vales85434262vales
wales86142832wales
walks126218502walks
walls85529382walls
warms107726852warms
yams95330732ya_ms

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538002061.68631909.8
3Display Results2062060.0633269.8
 (SQL Overall)1786912062.06286659.1
 
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