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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 “basils” 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.

79 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
basils8571747(None) 
bails75933521ba_ils
basics104915121basics
basil75122271basil_
basins85722761basins
basis75429861basi_s
brasils9410971brasils
abasias9711012abasias
abseils935972abseils
ails45654722_a_ils
anils56326722_anils
arils58732202_arils
axils127217502_axils
baals76122702ba_als
babels105216722babels
babies106123652babies
babuls105413642babuls
bagels95712312bagels
bail65042802ba_il_
baits76630582ba_its
balls76236412ba_lls
bals66354042ba__ls
basal75722282basal_
basalt83519582basalt
basalts9358962basalts
basely114412312basely
bases75644352bas_es
bashes115631392bashes
basic96220522basi_c
basify1437512basify
basilar937302basilar
basilic1137492basilic
basilisk1444052basilisk
basin75026922basi_n
basing95427662basing
basion84315852basion
basions94213952basions
basks115621762bas_ks
bass66146782bas__s
basses85428302basses
bassly114610072bassly
bassos85313702bassos
bastes85330382bastes
bastile9313912bastile
bastiles10313352bastiles
basts75936932bas_ts
batiks1239372batiks
bawls105719322ba_wls
bezils1711310602bezils
boils75427192b_oils
brails84621292brails
brasil8713862brasil_
brazils1867752brazils
broils84114172broils
busies85525262busies
busily112211502busily
cavils114014392cavils
easels65914552easels
easies64126632easies
easily9313022easily
fails85631482fa_ils
fusils93912342fusils
hails85231642ha_ils
jails125422942ja_ils
kails95525222ka_ils
mails76037782ma_ils
nails55730402na_ils
nasals63312462nasals
oasis56422552oasi_s
pails75833062pa_ils
pastils94416172pastils
rails55937402ra_ils
sails55738102sa_ils
sasins64923102sasins
tahsils1035052tahsils
tails55634192ta_ils
vails85825932va_ils
vakils1337592vakils
wails86631482wa_ils

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 Filter178691825510.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit82551796.50012700.2
3Display Results79790.0164937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691797.01625469.1
 
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